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When to see the Short-billed Minivet
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 8 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is April, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Short-billed Minivet
The map shades 8 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Short-billed Minivet
The short-billed minivet is a species of bird in the family Campephagidae. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.
Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Easily confused with
Swinhoe's MinivetPericrocotus cantonensisSwinhoe's minivet or the brown-rumped minivet is a bird in the cuckooshrike family, Campephagidae.
Rosy MinivetPericrocotus roseusThe male is distinguished from other minivets by having a deep pink/light red shade in wings and tail and the female having an olive/olive yellow rump as against bright yellow in other minivets.
Fiery MinivetPericrocotus igneusThe fiery minivet is 15–16.5 cm (5.9–6.5 in) long.
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