Grey-chinned Minivet - BirdForum Opus

Male
Photo by cskhaw
Montane forest at Fraser's Hill, Peninsular Malaysia, July 2005

Pericrocotus solaris

Identification

17–19 cm (6¾-7½ in)
Male Nominate

• Black crown and upperparts
• Grey ear coverts
• Blackish upper wing coverts and remiges

Distribution

Asia: found in China, Tibet, Nepal, India, Eastern and Western Himalayas, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Taiwan, Hong Kong
Southeast Asia: Indochina, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Malay Peninsula, Brunei, Borneo, Indonesia, Greater Sundas, Sumatra

Female
Photo by Ayuwat J
Doi Inthanon National Park, Chiangmai, Thailand

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 8 subspecies^[1]:

• P. s. solaris:

• Eastern Himalayas (Nepal to north-western Myanmar)

• P. s. rubrolimbatus:

• Southern Myanmar and northern Thailand

• P. s. montpellieri :

• South-western China (north-western and central Yunnan)

• P. s. griseogularis:

• South-eastern China to northern Indochina and Taiwan

Juvenile, subspecies solaris
Photo by thapa
Sundarijal, Nepal, March 2013

• P. s. deignani:

• Vietnam (Langbian Plateau)

• P. s. nassovicus:

• Mountains of south-eastern Thailand and western Cambodia

• P. s. montanus:

• Mountains of Malaya and western Sumatra

• P. s. cinereigula:

• Mountains of northern Borneo

Habitat

Montane and sub-montane evergreen and broad-leaved forests and forest edges.

Behaviour

Breeding

The nest is a small cup formed from twigs, roots and grass stems. It is built by both the adults.

Diet

Their diet consists of small invertebrates.

They forage in the canopy in mixed species flocks.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase
3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved August 2015)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Grey-chinned Minivet. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 5 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Grey-chinned_Minivet

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