Cuckoo-shrikes (Campephagidae)
Small Minivet (Pericrocotus cinnamomeus) - HBW 10, p. 114
French: Minivet oranor
German: Zwergmennigvogel
Spanish: Minivet Chico
Other common names: Little/Lesser Minivet
Taxonomy: [Motacilla] cinnamomea Linnaeus, 1766, Sri Lanka.
Forms a superspecies, and sometimes considered conspecific, with P. igneus and P. lansbergei. Relationship with former 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. Isolated race saturatus possibly represents a different species, primarily on grounds of zoogeography. Race peregrinus intergrades with pallidus and vividus in N Indian Subcontinent. Race separatus pos.. View all taxonomy...
Taxonomy: [Motacilla] cinnamomea Linnaeus, 1766, Sri Lanka.
Forms a superspecies, and sometimes considered conspecific, with P. igneus and P. lansbergei. Relationship with former 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. Isolated race saturatus possibly represents a different species, primarily on grounds of zoogeography. Race peregrinus intergrades with pallidus and vividus in N Indian Subcontinent. Race separatus possibly better treated as synonym of vividus, as its supposedly large bill may be individually variable, rather than diagnostic. It has been suggested that birds from Andaman Is may merit treatment as a separate race, for which the name osmastoni was recently proposed, but further study required. Nine subspecies currently recognized.
Forms a superspecies, and sometimes considered conspecific, with P. igneus and P. lansbergei. Relationship with former 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. Isolated race saturatus possibly represents a different species, primarily on grounds of zoogeography. Race peregrinus intergrades with pallidus and vividus in N Indian Subcontinent. Race separatus possibly better treated as synonym of vividus, as its supposedly large bill may be individually variable, rather than diagnostic. It has been suggested that birds from Andaman Is may merit treatment as a separate race, for which the name osmastoni was recently proposed, but further study required. Nine subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- pallidus Stuart Baker, 1920 - Pakistan (Indus Valley) and NW India.
- peregrinus (Linnaeus, 1766) - NW Himalayas and N India (Punjab S to N Madhya Pradesh, E to Bihar and N Orissa).
- cinnamomeus (Linnaeus, 1766) - C & SE India (S from S Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and S Orissa) and Sri Lanka.
- pallidus Stuart Baker, 1920 - Pakistan (Indus Valley) and NW India.
- peregrinus (Linnaeus, 1766) - NW Himalayas and N India (Punjab S to N Madhya Pradesh, E to Bihar and N Orissa).
- cinnamomeus (Linnaeus, 1766) - C & SE India (S from S Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and S Orissa) and Sri Lanka.
- malabaricus (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) - SW India (Karnataka, S from Belgaum, S to Kerala).
- vividus Stuart Baker, 1920 - C Himalayas, E India (West Bengal, Assam), Bangladesh, W & C Myanmar, SW & C Thailand, and Andaman Is.
- thai Deignan, 1947 - NE Myanmar, N & NE Thailand, Laos.
- sacerdos Riley, 1940 - Cambodia and S Vietnam.
- separatus Deignan, 1947 - SE Myanmar and NW peninsular Thailand.
- saturatus Stuart Baker, 1920 - Java and Bali.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Male feeding in tree Locality Jaipur District, Rajasthan, India (ssp cinnamomeus)
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 March 2006 2 years ago 18 sec 4 -
A male and a female perched and flying away. Seen in slow motion Locality Thattekad Bird Sanctuary, Ernakulam District, Kerala, India (ssp malabaricus)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2009 3 years ago 19 sec 4 -
Male and female feeding with calls in background Locality Jaipur District, Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 April 2006 3 years ago 17 sec 3.8 -
several brief views, all angles, of a male followed by two brief views of a female Locality Jashapara, Gujarat, India (ssp cinnamomeus)
Martin Kennewell 10 December 2009 3 years ago 15 sec 3.8 -
A male in a tree, calling and flying away in slow motion at the end. Locality Thattekad Bird Sanctuary, Ernakulam District, Kerala, India (ssp malabaricus)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2009 3 years ago 18 sec 3.7 -
Female Locality Jaipur District, Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 July 2006 3 years ago 7 sec 3.5
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A perched bird.
Locality Baluran National Park, East Java Province, Java (Indonesia) (ssp saturatus)
mehdhalaouate 27 August 2008 3 years ago 4.3 -
A male bird
Locality Masinagudi, The Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu, India (ssp malabaricus)
vasanthan.p.j 24 April 2010 3 years ago 4.2 -
A female bird
Locality Masinagudi, The Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu, India (ssp malabaricus)
vasanthan.p.j 1 April 2010 3 years ago 4 -
on a branch
Locality Goa, India
Lior Kislev 15 February 2011 1 year ago 3.9 -
Resident
Locality Phot Mahadeo, Kutch District, Gujarat, India
jugal Tiwari 1 January 2010 2 years ago 3.8 -
In a bush near park entrance
Locality Ranthambore National Park, Rajasthan, India (ssp In a bush near park entrance)
Lee Hunter 5 December 2011 20 weeks ago 3.8
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Calling while feeding in tree Locality Kota, Kota District, Rajasthan, India
(ssp may be peregrinus)
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 May 1986 3 years ago 4 -
Singing while feeding in trees Locality Jaipur District, Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 July 2006 3 years ago 4 -
A group of birds calling.
Locality Thattekad Bird Sanctuary, Ernakulam District, Kerala, India
(ssp malabaricus)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2009 3 years ago 3 -
Calls by male Locality Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 May 2006 3 years ago 3
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