White-bellied minivet

White-bellied minivet

at Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India.
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Campephagidae
Genus:	Pericrocotus
Species:	P. erythropygius
Binomial name
*Pericrocotus erythropygius* (Jerdon, 1840)

at Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India.

Male at Gir National Park, Gujarat, India.

The white-bellied minivet (Pericrocotus erythropygius) is a species of minivet found in India, mostly in dry deciduous forest.

The species is characterized by stable population trend and extent of occurrence of more than 20 thousand km².

References

↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Pericrocotus erythropygius". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.

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