Long-tailed Minivet (Pericrocotus ethologus)

Passeriformes / Campephagidae / Pericrocotus

Long-tailed Minivet

Pericrocotus ethologus · 长尾山椒鸟

IUCN: Least Concern Found in China

Introduction

A species in the family Campephagidae found in southern and south-eastern Asia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

Distribution & Habitat

Found in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, and Vietnam. Inhabits subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

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Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (lotmin1) CBR v12.0 (#668) Avibase

Species description from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.

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Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Campephagidae
Genus: Pericrocotus

Subspecies (7)

Pericrocotus ethologus annamensis

southern Vietnam (Langbian Plateau)
Pericrocotus ethologus ethologus

northeastern India (eastern Assam), northern Myanmar, and central China (Inner Mongolia, Hebei, and southern Shanxi southward to southwestern Gansu, southeastern Qinghai, Yunnan, and Guizhou); nonbreeding to northern Thailand, northern Laos, and northern Vietnam (Tonkin)
Pericrocotus ethologus favillaceus

Himalayas of Afghanistan and Kashmir to Nepal
Pericrocotus ethologus laetus

eastern Nepal to Sikkim and western Assam (Khasi Hills)
Pericrocotus ethologus mariae

northeastern India (southeastern Assam), eastern Bangladesh, and western Myanmar (Chin Hills)
Pericrocotus ethologus ripponi

southwestern China (Yunnan), eastern Myanmar (Southern Shan State), and northwestern Thailand
Pericrocotus ethologus yvettae

northeastern Myanmar and southern China (western and southwestern Yunnan)

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (lotmin1) CBR v12.0 (#668) Avibase

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.

Introduction

Distribution & Habitat

Data Sources

Taxonomy

Subspecies (7)

Data Sources

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