Cuckoo-shrikes (Campephagidae)

Long-tailed Minivet (Pericrocotus ethologus) - HBW 10, p. 117

French: Minivet rouge German: Langschwanz-Mennigvogel Spanish: Minivet Colilargo
Other common names: Flame-coloured Minivet

Taxonomy: Pericrocotus brevirostris ethologus Bangs and J. C. Phillips, 1914, Hsien Shan, Hubei, China.
Was for long erroneously included within partly sympatric P. brevirostris. Putative race cryptus (described from Doi Pha Hom Pok, in N Thailand) considered indistinguishable from ripponi. Seven subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

favillaceus Bangs & J. C. Phillips, 1914 - breeds NE Afghanistan (Nuristan) and NW Himalayas (E to W Nepal); non-breeding S to S Pakistan and W India.
laetus Mayr, 1940 - E Nepal E to NE India (N & W Assam) and S China (SE Xizang).
ethologus Bangs & J. C. Phillips, 1914 - breeds NE India (E Assam), N Myanmar and C China (Hebei and S Shanxi S to SW Gansu, SE Qinghai, Yunnan and Guizhou); non-breeding N Thailand, N Laos, N Vietnam (Tonkin).

See all 7 subspecies

favillaceus Bangs & J. C. Phillips, 1914 - breeds NE Afghanistan (Nuristan) and NW Himalayas (E to W Nepal); non-breeding S to S Pakistan and W India.
laetus Mayr, 1940 - E Nepal E to NE India (N & W Assam) and S China (SE Xizang).
ethologus Bangs & J. C. Phillips, 1914 - breeds NE India (E Assam), N Myanmar and C China (Hebei and S Shanxi S to SW Gansu, SE Qinghai, Yunnan and Guizhou); non-breeding N Thailand, N Laos, N Vietnam (Tonkin).
mariae Ripley, 1952 - NE India (SE Assam) and W Myanmar (Chin Hills).
yvettae Bangs, 1921 - NE Myanmar and S China (W & SW Yunnan).
ripponi Stuart Baker, 1924 - E Myanmar (S Shan, Karenni) and NW Thailand.
annamensis Robinson & Kloss, 1923 - SC Vietnam (S Annam).