White-bellied minivet

The white-bellied minivet (Pericrocotus erythropygius) is a species of minivet found in Nepal and India, mostly in dry deciduous forest.

White-bellied minivet
at Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India.

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Campephagidae
Genus: Pericrocotus
Species:
P. erythropygius
Binomial name
Pericrocotus erythropygius
(Jerdon, 1840)
Synonyms
  • Muscicapa erythropygia Jerdon, 1840
at Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India.
Male at Gir National Park, Gujarat, India.

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

References
  1. BirdLife International 2017. Pericrocotus erythropygius (amended version of 2016 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T103694110A112745733. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T103694110A112745733.en. Downloaded on 19 August 2019.


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