Biology:Swinhoe's minivet

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Short description: Species of bird

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

Swinhoe's minivet or the brown-rumped minivet (Pericrocotus cantonensis) is a bird in the cuckooshrike family, Campephagidae. The species was first described by Robert Swinhoe in 1861.

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

Wikidata ☰ Q1037950 entry