Swinhoe's minivet

Swinhoe's minivet
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Campephagidae
Genus:Pericrocotus
Species: P. cantonensis
Binomial name
Pericrocotus cantonensis
Swinhoe, 1861

Swinhoe's minivet or brown-rumped minivet (Pericrocotus cantonensis) is a species of bird in the cuckooshrike family, Campephagidae. It breeds in China and winters in Mainland Southeast Asia. Its natural habitats are temperate forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

Khao Yai National Park - Thailand

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Pericrocotus cantonensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.


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