Cuckoo-shrikes (Campephagidae)
Swinhoe's Minivet (Pericrocotus cantonensis) - HBW 10, p. 113
French: Minivet de Swinhoe
German: Fahlbürzel-Mennigvogel
Spanish: Minivet de Swinhoe
Other common names: Brown-rumped/Canton Minivet
Taxonomy: Pericrocotus cantonensis Swinhoe, 1861, Guangzhou (Canton), China.
Forms a superspecies with P. roseus and P. divaricatus. Often considered conspecific with former, primarily because the two apparently interbreed in S China (S Guangdong), where a small, possibly now stable, population with mixed characters occurs in Xijiang Valley (this population initially described as a separate species, P. stanfordi, and subsequently often regarded as a race of P. roseus); on other hand, no sign of hybridization where ranges closely approach each other or overlap elsewhere in S China, and zone of occurrence of “stanfordi” is sufficie.. View all taxonomy...
Forms a superspecies with P. roseus and P. divaricatus. Often considered conspecific with former, primarily because the two apparently interbreed in S China (S Guangdong), where a small, possibly now stable, population with mixed characters occurs in Xijiang Valley (this population initially described as a separate species, P. stanfordi, and subsequently often regarded as a race of P. roseus); on other hand, no sign of hybridization 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: Breeds C, S & SE China from SE Gansu and S Shaanxi E to S Jiangsu, S to S Guizhou, Guangxi, Guangdong and Fujian; non-breeding S China (Yunnan), S Myanmar (Tenasserim), Thailand (S to Trang, including Phuket I), Laos, Cambodia and S Vietnam.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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perched bird, flies off Locality Kaeng Krachan National Park, Western Thailand, Thailand (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 13 March 2010 3 years ago 14 sec 3.8 -
two views of bird in tree Locality Kaeng Krachan National Park, Western Thailand, Thailand (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 13 March 2010 3 years ago 24 sec 3.8 -
in canopy Locality Phan Thiet Road, Di Linh, Annam, Vietnam (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 8 February 2013 6 weeks ago 22 sec 3.7 -
A bird feeding on a large insect. Locality Khao Yai National Park, North Eastern Thailand, Thailand (Monotypic species)
Yoel Jimenez 7 February 2012 1 year ago 23 sec 3.7 -
A bird trying to swallow a big insect. Locality Khao Yai National Park, North Eastern Thailand, Thailand
Yoel Jimenez 6 February 2012 1 year ago 26 sec 3 -
A bird in a tree Locality Khao Yai National Park, North Eastern Thailand, Thailand (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 17 November 2004 7 years ago 14 sec 2.4
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perched
Locality Kaeng Krachan National Park, Western Thailand, Thailand
Marco Valentini 16 March 2013 8 weeks ago 3.6 -
hiding in a tree
Locality Sichuan, China (Northern)
Zhou Huaming 18 May 2008 3 years ago 3.5 -
A bird alert on a branch
Locality Khao Yai National Park, North Eastern Thailand, Thailand (Monotypic species)
Ian Fulton 7 March 2007 3 years ago 3
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