Cuckoo-shrikes (Campephagidae)

Grey-chinned Minivet (Pericrocotus solaris) - HBW 10, p. 117

French: Minivet mandarin German: Graukehl-Mennigvogel Spanish: Minivet Gorgigrís
Other common names: Mountain/Yellow-throated Minivet; Grey-throated Minivet (cinereigula)

Taxonomy: P[ericrocotus] solaris Blyth, 1846, Darjeeling, West Bengal, India.
Distinctive race montanus sometimes treated as a separate species, a possibility that deserves further study. Eight subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

  • solaris Blyth, 1846 - C & E Himalayas (WC Nepal E to Assam) and N & W Myanmar.
  • rubrolimbatus Salvadori, 1887 - E & SE Myanmar and N Thailand.
  • montpellieri La Touche, 1922 - S China (N Yunnan).

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  • solaris Blyth, 1846 - C & E Himalayas (WC Nepal E to Assam) and N & W Myanmar.
  • rubrolimbatus Salvadori, 1887 - E & SE Myanmar and N Thailand.
  • montpellieri La Touche, 1922 - S China (N Yunnan).
  • griseogularis Gould, 1863 - SE China (Guizhou, N Guangxi, C & S Hunan, Guangdong, NW & E Fujian), Taiwan, Hainan, NE Laos and N Vietnam.
  • deignani Riley, 1940 - S Laos and C Vietnam (C & S Annam).
  • nassovicus Deignan, 1938 - SE Thailand and S Cambodia.
  • montanus Salvadori, 1879 - Peninsular Malaysia and W Sumatra.
  • cinereigula Sharpe, 1889 - N Borneo.