White-bellied Minivet Pericrocotus erythropygius Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (26)
- Monotypic
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Белокорем личинкояд |
| Catalan | minivet ventreblanc |
| Croatian | bjelokrili skovranj |
| Dutch | Witbuikmenievogel |
| English | White-bellied Minivet |
| English (AVI) | White-bellied Minivet |
| English (United States) | White-bellied Minivet |
| Estonian | valgetiib-hundnaagas |
| Finnish | valkosiipiminivetti |
| French | Minivet à ventre blanc |
| French (Canada) | Minivet à ventre blanc |
| German | Weißbauch-Mennigvogel |
| Gujarati | કાબરો રાજાલાલ |
| Japanese | シロハラサンショウクイ |
| Kannada | ಬಿಳಿಹೊಟ್ಟೆಯ ಚಿತ್ರಪಕ್ಷಿ |
| Norwegian | hvitbukmønjefugl |
| Polish | purpurek białoskrzydły |
| Punjabi (India) | ਚਿੱਟੀ ਸਹੇਲੀ |
| Russian | Белобрюхий личинкоед |
| Serbian | Belotrbi minivet |
| Slovak | pestrec bielobruchý |
| Spanish | Minivet Ventriblanco |
| Spanish (Spain) | Minivet ventriblanco |
| Swedish | vitbukig minivett |
| Turkish | Ak Karınlı Minivet |
| Ukrainian | Личинкоїд білокрилий |
Pericrocotus erythropygius (Jerdon, 1840)
Definitions
- PERICROCOTUS
- erythropygia / erythropygium / erythropygius
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Introduction
The White-bellied Minivet is an intriguing bird of the scrub-jungles of India. Despite its widespread distribution across peninsular India, it is very local and rare almost everywhere. Very little is known about the habitat use, population dynamics, or conservation status of this species. The recent State of India's Birds report estimated its population to be stable over the previous five years (2014-2019; 1). Like all minivets, males and females look different. The male has a black head and back contrasting against the white lower belly and showy orange on the breast. In females, the black areas of the male are replaced by gray brown, while the orange on the breast is replaced by ashy gray. White-bellied Minivet is very similar to Jerdon's Minivet (P. albifrons), with which it was considered to be a conspecific until recently.
Although not considered globally threatened (Least Concern), its preferred habitat of open savannah grassland and thorn scrub jungle is declining across India. It is also known to occur in the mosaics of cultivated land, fallow land, and thorn scrub forest patches, but information on almost every aspect of this species is uncertain.
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding