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Photo by Jugal Tiwari
Thorn forest of Phot mahadeo Kutch, Gujarat, India

Pericrocotus erythropygius

Includes Jerdon's Minivet

[edit] Identification

[edit] Distribution

India and Myanmar.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies

Male Jerdon's Minivet
Photo by martinuk
Bagan, Mandalay Region, Myanmar, February 2011

Pericrocotus erythropygius has two subspecies:^[1]

• P. e. erythropygius

• Peninsular India (Punjab and Rajasthan to Bihar and Mysore)

• P. e. albifrons

• Plains of central Myanmar
• Split as Jerdon's Minivet P. albifrons by Gill and Donsker (2010)^[2]

[edit] Habitat

Dry deciduous forest.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
2. Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2010. IOC World Bird Names (version 2.7). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.

• List of references

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