Cuckoo-shrikes (Campephagidae)
Rosy Minivet (Pericrocotus roseus) - HBW 10, p. 113
French: Minivet rose
German: Rosenmennigvogel
Spanish: Minivet Rosado
Taxonomy: Muscicapa rosea Vieillot, 1818, Bengal, India.
Forms a superspecies, and sometimes considered conspecific, with P. cantonensis and P. divaricatus. Is, however, very distinct from latter morphologically and differs also in moult and migration strategies. Apparently interbreeds with P. cantonensis in S China (S Guangdong), where a small, possibly now stable, population with mixed characters occurs in Xijiang Valley (this population was initially described as a separate species, P. stanfordi, and subsequently often regarded as a race of present species); no sign that the two hybridize in region where ranges closel.. View all taxonomy...
Forms a superspecies, and sometimes considered conspecific, with P. cantonensis and P. divaricatus. Is, however, very distinct from latter morphologically and differs also in moult and migration strategies. Apparently interbreeds with P. cantonensis in S China (S Guangdong), where a small, possibly now stable, population with mixed characters occurs in Xijiang Valley (this population was initially described as a separate species, P. stanfordi, and subsequently often regarded as a race of present species); no sign that the two hybridize in region where ranges closely approach each other or overlap elsewhere in S China, and zone of occurrence of “stanfordi” is sufficiently restricted to suggest that the parent forms now behave as separate species; further study required. Monotypic.
Distribution: N Pakistan E to NE India (E to Assam, Manipur and Nagaland), S China (SW Sichuan, W, S & SE Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi, SW Guangdong), Myanmar (S to N Tenasserim) and NW Vietnam (Tonkin); non-breeding S to C India and SE Asia (including Thailand, Laos and S Vietnam).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Two females and a male moving around a tree Locality Ruili, Yunnan, China (Southern) (Monotypic species)
Keith Blomerley 18 November 2007 4 years ago 18 sec 3.5 -
A short view of a male perched high in a tree and flying away Locality Doi Inthanon National Park, North Western Thailand, Thailand (ssp stanfordi)
Josep del Hoyo 7 November 2004 4 years ago 6 sec 2.4
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A female foraging in a tree.
Locality Kaeng Krachan National Park, Western Thailand, Thailand (Monotypic species)
Christophe Gouraud 22 November 2009 2 years ago 3
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