Sunday, December 15, 2013

>Pericrocotus cantonensis (Swinhoe's Minivet)

Swinhoe's Minivet


Swinhoe's Minivet
Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
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 cuckoo-shrike family, Campephagidae. It is found in Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

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