Long-tailed Minivet (Pericrocotus ethologus)

Other Names (World)
Long-tailed Minivet, Flame-colored Minivet, Flame-coloured Minivet

Family
Campephagidae (Cuckooshrikes)

Size
17.50 - 20.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
Bangs & Phillips, 1914

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland and montane moist forest.

Range (Guide)

Afghanistan (B), Bangladesh, Bhutan, China (mainland), India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, Vietnam.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (12)...)

Long-tailed Minivet (Pericrocotus ethologus) [XC812807]
by Marc Anderson from Polangpati, Rasuwa, Bagmati Province, Nepal (call)

Long-tailed Minivet (Pericrocotus ethologus) [XC812808]
by id from Polangpati, Rasuwa, Bagmati Province, Nepal (call)

Subspecies
Was for long erroneously included within partly sympatric Short-billed Minivet (Pericrocotus brevirostris). Putative subspecies cryptus (described from Doi Pha Hom Pok, in northern Thailand) considered indistinguishable from ripponi.

The following 7 subspecies are recognised:

favillaceus Bangs & Phillips, JC, 1914 - Breeds north-eastern Afghanistan (Nuristan) and north-western Himalayas (east to western Nepal). Non-breeding south to southern Pakistan and western India.
laetus Mayr, 1940 - Eastern Nepal east to north-eastern India (northern and western Assam) and southern China (south-eastern Xizang).
ethologus Bangs & Phillips, 1914 - Breeds north-eastern India (eastern Assam), northern Myanmar and central China (Hebei and southern Shanxi south to south-western Gansu, south-eastern Qinghai, Yunnan and Guizhou). Non-breeding northern Thailand, northern Laos, northern Vietnam (Tonkin).
mariae Ripley, 1952 - North-eastern India (south-eastern Assam) and western Myanmar (Chin Hills).
yvettae Bangs, 1921 - North-eastern Myanmar and southern China (western and south-western Yunnan).
ripponi Baker, ECS, 1924 - Eastern Myanmar (southern Shan, Karenni) and north-western Thailand.
annamensis Robinson & Kloss, 1923 - South-central Vietnam (southern Annam).

References
See References.

Files:

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