Swinhoe's minivet or the brown-rumped minivet (Pericrocotus cantonensis) is a bird in the cuckooshrike family, Campephagidae. The species was first described by Robert Swinhoe in 1861.

Swinhoe's minivet
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Campephagidae
Genus: Pericrocotus
Species:
P. cantonensis
Binomial name
Pericrocotus cantonensis

It breeds in China and winters in Mainland Southeast Asia. Its natural habitats are temperate forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

Khao Yai National Park - Thailand

References

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  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Pericrocotus cantonensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22706731A94086048. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22706731A94086048.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.