Cuckoo-shrikes (Campephagidae)
Fiery Minivet (Pericrocotus igneus) - HBW 10, p. 114
French: Minivet flamboyant
German: Feuermennigvogel
Spanish: Minivet Encendido
Taxonomy: P[ericrocotus] igneus Blyth, 1846, Melaka, Peninsular Malaysia.
Forms a superspecies with P. cinnamomeus and P. lansbergei. Sometimes treated as a race of P. cinnamomeus, and relationship between the two not fully resolved; no evidence of interbreeding (except for a single, purportedly intermediate specimen) where their ranges meet, in peninsular Thailand, and different habitat preferences may prevent direct contact between them. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- igneus Blyth, 1846 - S Myanmar (Tenasserim), S Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra (including Nias I, Bangka and Belitung), Borneo and SW Philippines (Palawan).
- trophis Oberholser, 1912 - Simeulue I, off W Sumatra.
- Near Threatened Enlarge map
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two active birds around a vine covered trunk Locality Simeulue Island, Aceh Region, Sumatra (Indonesia) (ssp trophis)
Martin Kennewell 8 January 2011 1 year ago 30 sec 2
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