Swinhoe's minivet or the brown-rumped minivet (Pericrocotus cantonensis) is a bird in the cuckooshrike family, Campephagidae. The species was first described by Robert Swinhoe in 1861.
Swinhoe's minivet | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Campephagidae |
Genus: | Pericrocotus |
Species: | P. cantonensis
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Binomial name | |
Pericrocotus cantonensis R. Swinhoe, 1861
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It breeds in China and winters in Mainland Southeast Asia. Its natural habitats are temperate forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.
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References
edit- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Pericrocotus cantonensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22706731A94086048. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22706731A94086048.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.