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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
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
English (US)
White-bellied Minivet
Described by
(Jerdon, TC, 1840)

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Taxonomic 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.

See all 107 species of the family Campephagidae