About the Ashy Minivet
The ashy minivet is a passerine bird of eastern Asia belonging to the minivet genus Pericrocotus in the cuckooshrike family Campephagidae. While most of the minivets have shades of yellow, orange and red in their plumage, this species has only greys, whites and blacks. The male is distinctive with a white face and black nape although females can be confused with the female of the brown-rumped minivet. They forage in the canopy, often along with other minivets and join mixed-species foraging flocks.
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It is 18.5–20 cm long. The male is grey above and whitish below. It has a black cap with a white forehead and there is a white band across the flight-feathers. The outer tail feathers are white. The bill and feet are black. The female's cap is grey apart from a black band between the bill and eye and a narrow white band above it. The call is a high-pitched, metallic trill. It is considered as closely related to Pericrocotus roseus and Pericrocotus cantonensis but differs in moult pattern.
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Where the Ashy Minivet lives
Recorded as a rare visitor in Mongolia.
When to see the Ashy Minivet
Peak activity in April · a variable species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Long-tailed MinivetPericrocotus ethologusThe long-tailed minivet is a species of bird in the family Campephagidae.
Swinhoe's MinivetPericrocotus cantonensisSwinhoe's minivet or the brown-rumped minivet is a bird in the cuckooshrike family, Campephagidae.
Short-billed MinivetPericrocotus brevirostrisThe short-billed minivet is a species of bird in the family Campephagidae.
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