Short-billed Minivet
Pericrocotus brevirostris
短嘴山椒鸟
Distribution & Habitat
Found across South and Southeast Asia, including Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Inhabits subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
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Taxonomy
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Campephagidae
- Genus
- Pericrocotus
- eBird Code
- shbmin2
Subspecies (4)
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Pericrocotus brevirostris affinis
southwestern China (southern Sichuan to western Yunnan) to eastern Assam and northwestern Myanmar
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Pericrocotus brevirostris anthoides
southwestern China (southeastern Yunnan, Guangxi, and Guangdong) to northern Vietnam
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Pericrocotus brevirostris brevirostris
eastern Himalayas to southeastern Tibet, Nepal, and western Assam
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Pericrocotus brevirostris neglectus
northern Thailand to northern Tenasserim and northern Laos
Data Sources
Species description from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.