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Minivet
The minivets are passerine birds belonging to the genus ''Pericrocotus'' in the cuckooshrike family Campephagidae. There are about 15 species, occurring mainly in forests in southern and eastern Asia. They are fairly small, slender birds with long tails and an erect posture. Many species have bright red or yellow markings. They feed mainly on insects, foraging in groups in the tree canopy. Species list The genus contains 15 species: * Rosy minivet, ''Pericrocotus roseus'' * Swinhoe's minivet or brown-rumped minivet, ''Pericrocotus cantonensis'' * Ashy minivet The ashy minivet (''Pericrocotus divaricatus'') is a passerine bird of eastern Asia belonging to the minivet genus ''Pericrocotus'' in the cuckooshrike family Campephagidae. While most of the minivets have shades of yellow, orange and red in thei ..., ''Pericrocotus divaricatus'' * Ryukyu minivet, ''Pericrocotus tegimae'' * Small minivet, ''Pericrocotus cinnamomeus'' * Fiery minivet, ''Pericrocotus igneus'' * Little ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashy Minivet
The ashy minivet (''Pericrocotus divaricatus'') is a passerine bird of eastern Asia belonging to the minivet genus ''Pericrocotus'' in the cuckooshrike family Campephagidae. While most of the minivets have shades of yellow, orange and red in their plumage, this species has only greys, whites and blacks. The male is distinctive with a white face and black nape although females can be confused with the female of the brown-rumped minivet. They forage in the canopy, often along with other minivets and join mixed-species foraging flocks. Description It is 18.5–20 cm long. The male is grey above and whitish below. It has a black cap with a white forehead and there is a white band across the flight-feathers. The outer tail feathers are white. The bill and feet are black. The female's cap is grey apart from a black band between the bill and eye and a narrow white band above it. The call is a high-pitched, metallic trill. It is considered as closely related to '' Pericrocotus ros ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White-bellied Minivet
The white-bellied minivet (''Pericrocotus erythropygius'') is a species of minivet found in Nepal and India, mostly in dry deciduous forest. Etymology The origin of the vernacular name of minivets is not known but it seems to be the English adaptation of an Indian name perhaps imitative. The genus Pericrocotus seems to be related to the saffron color of some minivets. Description The male white-bellied minivet has a shiny black head, neck, tail and mantle. The species has a white collar, the throat is orange, the rest of the underparts are also white. The rump is orange with white markings on the wings. The female minivet is duller in appearance, with dark gray upperparts, black wings, white collar, black tail and shiny black lores. The wings have white markings similar to those of the males, and the rump is orange. It measures between 18.5 and 20 cm long. Habitat and behavior The white-bellied minivet is native to Nepal and India, mainly in dry deciduous forests. Thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Small Minivet
The small minivet (''Pericrocotus cinnamomeus'') is a small passerine bird. This minivet is found in tropical southern Asia from the Indian subcontinent east to Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine .... Description The small minivet is 16 cm long with a strong dark beak and long wings. The male differs from most other common minivets by having grey, not glossy black, upperparts and head, and orange underparts, fading to yellow on the belly, orange tail edges, rump and wing patches. The female is grey above, with yellow underparts (including the face), tail edges, rump and wing patches. There is much racial variation. The male ''P. c. pallidus'' of the northwest Indian subcontinent is pale grey above, with the underparts whitish except on the throat and f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orange Minivet
The orange minivet (''Pericrocotus flammeus'') is a brightly colored bird in the cuckooshrike family, Campephagidae. It is found all along the Western Ghats and west coast of India and Sri Lanka. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the scarlet minivet which is considered to have a wider distribution in eastern and northern India and South-east Asia. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. The orange minivet is a species resident in southern India and Sri Lanka, that feeds primarily on insects while foraging in mixed-species bird flocks or in small single-species groups. Taxonomy and systematics The genus name comes from Ancient Greek ''peri -'' 'very'; ''krokotus'' 'saffron-coloured'. The species name ''flammeus'' has its roots in Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Long-tailed Minivet
The long-tailed minivet (''Pericrocotus ethologus'') is a species of bird in the family Campephagidae. It is found in southern and south-eastern Asia where it occurs in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest Montane ecosystems are found on the slopes of mountains. The alpine climate in these regions strongly affects the ecosystem because temperatures fall as elevation increases, causing the ecosystem to stratify. This stratification is a crucial .... Gallery Image:Long tailed Minivet- Bharatpur I1 IMG 8080.jpg, Male at Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India Image:Long-tailed Minivet (Female) I IMG 7335.jpg, left, Female at 10000 ft. in Kullu - Manali District of Himachal Pradesh, India References long-tailed minivet Birds of China Birds of the Himalayas Birds of Northeast India Birds of My ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pericrocotus
The minivets are passerine birds belonging to the genus ''Pericrocotus'' in the cuckooshrike family Campephagidae. There are about 15 species, occurring mainly in forests in southern and eastern Asia. They are fairly small, slender birds with long tails and an erect posture. Many species have bright red or yellow markings. They feed mainly on insects, foraging in groups in the tree canopy. Species list The genus contains 15 species: * Rosy minivet, ''Pericrocotus roseus'' * Swinhoe's minivet or brown-rumped minivet, ''Pericrocotus cantonensis'' * Ashy minivet, ''Pericrocotus divaricatus'' * Ryukyu minivet, ''Pericrocotus tegimae'' * Small minivet, ''Pericrocotus cinnamomeus'' * Fiery minivet, ''Pericrocotus igneus'' * Little minivet, ''Pericrocotus lansbergei'' * White-bellied minivet, ''Pericrocotus erythropygius'' * Jerdon's minivet, ''Pericrocotus albifrons'' * Grey-chinned minivet, ''Pericrocotus solaris'' * Long-tailed minivet, ''Pericrocotus ethologus'' * Short-bille ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Short-billed Minivet
The short-billed minivet (''Pericrocotus brevirostris'') is a species of bird in the family Campephagidae. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest Montane ecosystems are found on the slopes of mountains. The alpine climate in these regions strongly affects the ecosystem because temperatures fall as elevation increases, causing the ecosystem to stratify. This stratification is a crucial .... References short-billed minivet Birds of Tibet Birds of South China Birds of Nepal Birds of Eastern Himalaya Birds of Southeast Asia short-billed minivet Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Campephagidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grey-chinned Minivet
The grey-chinned minivet (''Pericrocotus solaris'') is a species of bird in the family Campephagidae. It is found from the Himalayas to China, Taiwan and Southeast Asia. Its natural habitat is forests about in elevation. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has assessed it as a least-concern species. Taxonomy This species was described from Darjeeling by Edward Blyth in 1846. The IOC World Bird List recognises eight subspecies: ''Pericrocotus solaris solaris'' found in the Himalayas and northern and western Myanmar; ''P. s. rubrolimbatus'' in eastern Myanmar and northern Thailand; ''P. s. montpellieri'' in southern China; ''P. s. griseogularis'' in southeastern China, Taiwan, northeastern Laos and northern Vietnam; ''P. s. deignani'' in southern Laos and central Vietnam; ''P. s. nassovicus'' in eastern Thailand and southern Cambodia; ''P. s. montanus'' in western Malaysia and Sumatra; and ''P. s. cinereigula'' in Borneo. The '' Handbook of the Birds of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosy Minivet
The rosy minivet (''Pericrocotus roseus'') is a species of bird in the family Campephagidae. The male is distinguished from other minivets by having a deep pink/light red shade in wings and tail and the female having an olive/olive yellow rump as against bright yellow in other minivets. Both male and female are grey above. Distribution It is found in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, and Vietnam. In India, it is found in the Himalayas from west to east to Arunachal Pradesh and hills of Nagaland and Manipur. In winter in peninsula. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. References Gallery File:Rosy Minivet Male Prasanna Mamidala.jpg, Rosy minivet male, Maredumilli forest, Andhra Pradesh, India File:Rosy Minivet female - Prasanna Mamidala.jpg, Rosy minivet female, Maredumilli forest, Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunda Minivet
The Sunda minivet (''Pericrocotus miniatus'') is a species of bird in the family Campephagidae. It is endemic to Indonesia, where it occurs on Sumatra and Java Java (; id, Jawa, ; jv, ꦗꦮ; su, ) is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia. It is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the south and the Java Sea to the north. With a population of 151.6 million people, Java is the world's mos .... Gallery File:Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.AVES.124312 1 - Pericrocotus miniatus (Temminck, 1822) - Campephagidae - bird skin specimen.jpeg, left, Male ''Pericrocotus miniatus (Temminck, 1822)'', museum specimens Naturalis File:Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.AVES.124312 2 - Pericrocotus miniatus (Temminck, 1822) - Campephagidae - bird skin specimen.jpeg, left, Same male ''Pericrocotus miniatus (Temminck, 1822)'', other view References Sunda minivet Birds of Sumatra Birds of Java Sunda minivet Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Campephag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Minivet
The little minivet (''Pericrocotus lansbergei''), also known as the Flores minivet, is a species of bird in the family Campephagidae. It is endemic to Indonesia. Its natural habitat In ecology, the term habitat summarises the array of resources, physical and biotic factors that are present in an area, such as to support the survival and reproduction of a particular species. A species habitat can be seen as the physical ... is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest. References little minivet Birds of the Lesser Sunda Islands Birds of Flores little minivet little minivet Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Campephagidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiery Minivet
The fiery minivet (''Pericrocotus igneus'') is a species of bird in the family Campephagidae. Its range includes Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines. Its natural habitats are broadleaf, secondary and coastal forests. It is threatened by forest clearance and has been assessed as near-threatened by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Taxonomy This species was described from Malacca by Edward Blyth in 1846. The species name is from the Latin ''igneus'' "fiery". Harry C. Oberholser described the larger subspecies ''Pericrocotus igneus trophis'' from Simeulue in 1912. A 2010 molecular phylogenetic study confirmed the previously hypothesised relationship that the fiery minivet and small minivet (''Pericrocotus cinnamomeus'') are sister species. Description The fiery minivet is long. It is sexually dimorphic. The male has a glossy black head and mantle and an orange-red back. The wings are mostly glossy black, with orange-red edges to the secon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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