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| Pericrocotus speciosus (Scarlet minivet - male)
Place : Shantinagar, Singtam, East Sikkim
Date: January 23, 2015
Pic: Shital Pradhan |
Scientific
classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Family: Campephagidae
Genus: Pericrocotus
Species: P.
speciosus
Binomial name: Pericrocotus speciosus Latham, 1790
Other
Names: Scarlet Minivet
Special feature: While the male of most subspecies
are scarlet to orange with black upper parts, the females are usually yellow
with greyish olive upper parts.
There are
13 species found in this genus:
Rosy minivet, Pericrocotus
roseus
Swinhoe's minivet or brown-rumped minivet, Pericrocotus cantonensis
Ashy minivet, Pericrocotus
divaricatus
Ryukyu minivet, Pericrocotus
tegimae
Small minivet, Pericrocotus
cinnamomeus
Fiery minivet, Pericrocotus
igneus
Little minivet, Pericrocotus
lansbergei
White-bellied minivet, Pericrocotus
erythropygius
Grey-chinned minivet, Pericrocotus
solaris
Long-tailed minivet, Pericrocotus
ethologus
Short-billed minivet, Pericrocotus
brevirostris
Sunda minivet, Pericrocotus
miniatus
Scarlet minivet, Pericrocotus
speciosus
Orange minivet, Pericrocotus
flammeus