White-bellied Minivet
Pericrocotus erythropygius(Jerdon, TC, 1840)
English (US) White-bellied Minivet
The White-bellied Minivet (Pericrocotus erythropygius) 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.
Range: peninsular India (Punjab and Rajasthan to Bihar and Mysore)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Pericrocotus erythropygius
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- White-bellied Minivet
- Described by
- (Jerdon, TC, 1840)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- M[uscicapa] erythropygia
- Described by
- (Jerdon, TC, 1840)
- Type locality
- Ajanta Hills, Aurangabad District, Hyderabad, India.
- Original description
- Madras Journal of Literature and Science 11, no.26 p.17
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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