Friday, January 24, 2014

>Pericrocotus erythropygius (White-bellied Minivet)

White-bellied Minivet



White-bellied Minivet
at Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India.
Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Campephagidae
Genus:Pericrocotus
Species:P. erythropygius
Binomial name
Pericrocotus erythropygius
(Jerdon, 1840)

at Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India.

Male at Gir National Park, Gujarat, India.
The White-bellied Minivet (Pericrocotus erythropygius) is a species of minivet found in India, mostly in dry deciduous forest.
The species is characterized by stable population trend and extent of occurrence of more than 20 thousand km2.

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