- The
minivets are p****erine
birds belonging to the
genus Pericrocotus in the
cuckooshrike family Campephagidae.
There are
about 15 species,
occurring mainly...
- It is omnivorous.[citation needed] The male is
distinguished from
other minivets by
having a deep pink/light red
shade in
wings and tail and the female...
- Indonesia. The
small minivet is 16 cm long with a
strong dark beak and long wings. The male
differs from most
other common minivets by
having grey, not...
-
confused with the
female of the brown-rumped
minivet. They
forage in the canopy,
often along with
other minivets and join mixed-species
foraging flocks. It...
- in
small groups (more than 2 individuals)
along tree tops in forests.
Minivets are
often seen to make
bouncing flights over the
canopy of the forest....
- The
scarlet minivet (Pericrocotus speciosus) is a
small p****erine bird. This
minivet is
found in
tropical southern Asia from
Northeast India to southern...
- pounds). They are
predominantly greyish with
white and black,
although the
minivets are
brightly coloured in red,
yellow and black, and the blue cuckooshrike...
- Swinhoe's
minivet or the brown-rumped
minivet (Pericrocotus cantonensis) is a bird in the
cuckooshrike family, Campephagidae. The
species was
first described...
- Martin; Ericson, Per G. P.; Fjeldsa, Jon (2009), "A
molecular phylogeny of
minivets (P****eriformes:Campephagidae:Pericrocotus):
implications for biogeography...
-
Pericrocotus seems to be
related to the
saffron color of some
minivets. The male white-bellied
minivet has a
shiny black head, neck, tail and mantle. The species...
