Rosy Minivet
Pericrocotus roseus(Vieillot, LJP, 1818)
English (US) Rosy Minivet
The Rosy Minivet (Pericrocotus roseus) 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: breeds Himalayas from Kashmir eastward to southeastern China, Myanmar, and northwestern Vietnam; winters from central India eastward to southern VietnamRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Pericrocotus roseus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Rosy Minivet
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1818)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Muscicapa rosea
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1818)
- Type locality
- Bengal.
- Original description
- Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Nouvelle édition 21 p.486
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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