White-bellied minivet

White-bellied minivet
at Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Campephagidae
Genus: Pericrocotus
Species: P. erythropygius
Binomial name
Pericrocotus erythropygius
(Jerdon, 1840)
at Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India.
Male at Gir National Park, Gujarat, India.

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

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

References

  1. ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Pericrocotus erythropygius". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.


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