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Passeriformes / Campephagidae / Pericrocotus

Short-billed Minivet

Pericrocotus brevirostris · 短嘴山椒鸟

IUCN: Least Concern Found in China

Introduction

A species in the family Campephagidae found in subtropical or tropical moist lowland and montane forests across South and Southeast Asia.

Distribution & Habitat

Found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

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Taxonomy

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Campephagidae
Genus
Pericrocotus

Subspecies (4)

  • Pericrocotus brevirostris affinis

    southwestern China (southern Sichuan to western Yunnan) to eastern Assam and northwestern Myanmar

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.