Grey-chinned minivet

Grey-chinned minivet
A pair in a forest in Taiwan
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Campephagidae
Genus: Pericrocotus
Species: P. solaris
Binomial name
Pericrocotus solaris
Blyth, 1846

The grey-chinned minivet (Pericrocotus solaris) is a species of bird in the Campephagidae family.

Species Pericrocotus solaris solaris from Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary in West Bengal, India.

It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

References

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