Genus Pericrocotus

 

Short-billed Minivet - The Short-billed Minivet is a species of bird in the Campephagidae family. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes.

Small Minivet - The Small Minivet is a widespread and common resident breeding bird in thorn jungle and scrub. The nest is a cup-like structure into which two to four spotted eggs are laid and incubated by the female.

Ashy Minivet - It is 18.5–20 cm long. The male is grey above and whitish below. It has a black cap with a white forehead and there is a white band across the flight-feathers. The outer tail feathers are white. The bill and feet are black. The female's cap is grey apart from a black band between the bill and eye and a narrow white band above it. The call is a high-pitched, metallic trill.

 

White-bellied Minivet - The species is characterized by stable population trend and extent of occurrence of more than 20 thousand km2.

 

Long-tailed Minivet - It is found in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Republic of India, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

Scarlet Minivet - The Scarlet Minivet is 20-22 cm long with a strong dark beak and long wings. The male has black upperparts and head, and scarlet underparts, tail edges, rump and wing patches. The shape and colour of the wing patches and the shade or orange in the male varies across populations. The female is grey above, with yellow underparts , tail edges, rump and wing patches.

 

Flores Minivet - Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

Gray-chinned Minivet - It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

Order : Passeriformes
Family : Campephagidae
Genus : Pericrocotus