Wednesday, July 11, 2018

>Pericrocotus ethologus (Long-tailed Minivet)

Long-tailed Minivet



Long-tailed Minivet
Male at 10000 ft. in Kullu - Manali District of Himachal Pradesh, India.
Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Campephagidae
Genus:Pericrocotus
Species:P. ethologus
Binomial name
Pericrocotus ethologus
Bangs & Phillips, 1914

Male at Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India
The Long-tailed Minivet (Pericrocotus ethologus) is a species of bird in the Campephagidae family. 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 forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

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