Grey-chinned minivet
Grey-chinned minivet | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Campephagidae |
Genus: | Pericrocotus
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Species: | P. solaris
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Binomial name | |
Pericrocotus solaris Blyth, 1846
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The grey-chinned minivet (Pericrocotus solaris) is a species of
Taxonomy
This species was described from
Description
The grey-chinned minivet is 17–19 cm (6.7–7.5 in) long and weighs 11–17 g (0.39–0.60 oz).
Distribution and habitat
This species ranges from the eastern foothills of the Himalayas through northeastern India, southern China, mainland Southeast Asia to Sumatra and Borneo. Its habitat is
Behaviour
When not breeding, this minivet forms small parties with fewer than 15 individuals
Breeding has been recorded from February to April and has been inferred to occur in January. The male has been observed walking towards the female while holding a flower in its beak; the male swung its head, touched the female's beak and dropped the flower, and then they mated.[8]
The nest, constructed by both sexes, is built on a branch or fork of a tree. It is a steep cup made of bryophytes and covered with felt externally. Lichens are added to camouflage the nest, and the female shapes the nest by pushing against the rim with its breast. The eggs have not been described. The male and female raise the brood together, and subadults have been seen helping them. Moulting occurs from June to October.[8]
Status
This species has a large range and stable population, so the IUCN has assessed it as a least-concern species.[1]
References
- ^ . Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ Blyth, Edward (1846). "Notices and Descriptions of various New or Little Known Species of Birds". Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 15: 310.
- ^ Gill, F.; Donsker, D. (eds.). "Bristlehead, butcherbirds, woodswallows, ioras, cuckooshrikes". IOC World Bird List Version 8.1. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
- ^ del Hoyo, J.; Collar, N.; Kirwan, G. M. "Grey-throated Minivet (Pericrocotus montanus)". In del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D. A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions.
- ^ ISBN 9780691139265.
- ^
- ISBN 9780691176499.
- ^ ISBN 9781408133132.
- ISBN 9780199639434.
External links
- Media related to Pericrocotus solaris at Wikimedia Commons
- Data related to Pericrocotus solaris at Wikispecies