Short-billed Minivet
Pericrocotus brevirostris(Vigors, NA, 1831)
English (US) Short-billed Minivet
The Short-billed Minivet (Pericrocotus brevirostris) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Campephagidae (Cuckooshrikes) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Pericrocotus brevirostris
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Short-billed Minivet
- Described by
- (Vigors, NA, 1831)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 4 subspecies for this species.
- Pericrocotus brevirostris brevirostris
- Pericrocotus brevirostris affinis
- Pericrocotus brevirostris neglectus
- Pericrocotus brevirostris anthoides
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Muscipeta brevirostris
- Described by
- (Vigors, NA, 1831)
- Type locality
- Himalayas; type locality restricted to Mussoorie, by Stuart Baker, 1920, Bull. Brit. Orn. CI., 40, p. 116, and corrected to 'probably Sikkim foothills', by Mayr, 1940, Ibis, p. 720.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London 1, no.4 p.43
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Long-tailed Minivet
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Scarlet Minivet
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Ashy Minivet
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