Cambodia, China (mainland) (B), Hong Kong (China), Laos (P), Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam.
Breeds central, southern and south-eastern China from south-eastern Gansu and southern Shaanxi east to southern Jiangsu, south to southern Guizhou, Guangxi, Guangdong and Fujian; non-breeding southern China (Yunnan), southern Myanmar (Tenasserim), Thailand (south to Trang, including Phuket I), Laos, Cambodia and southern Vietnam.
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Swinhoe's Minivet (Pericrocotus cantonensis) [XC720560]
by Bo Shunqi \u8584\u987a\u5947 from Haiwan Forest Park, Fengxian, Shanghai, China (call)
Swinhoe's Minivet (Pericrocotus cantonensis) [XC715201]
by Ray Tsu \u8bf8\u4ec1 from Tianlin Community, Shanghai, China (call)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Forms a superspecies with Rosy Minivet (Pericrocotus roseus) and Ashy Minivet (Pericrocotus divaricatus). Often considered conspecific with Rosy Minivet (Pericrocotus roseus), primarily because the two apparently interbreed in southern China (southern Guangdong), where a small, possibly now stable, population with mixed characters occurs in Xijiang Valley (this population initially described as a separate species, Pericrocotus stanfordi, and subsequently often regarded as a subspecies of Rosy Minivet (Pericrocotus roseus)). On the other hand, no sign of hybridization where ranges closely approach each other or overlap elsewhere in southern China, and zone of occurrence of "stanfordi" is sufficiently restricted to suggest that the parent forms now behave as separate species. Further study is required.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet