Short-billed Minivet Pericrocotus brevirostris Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (19)
- Subspecies (4)
Barry Taylor
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated June 5, 2018
Text last updated June 5, 2018
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | minivet beccurt |
| Chinese (SIM) | 短嘴山椒鸟 |
| Dutch | Kortsnavelmenievogel |
| English | Short-billed Minivet |
| English (United States) | Short-billed Minivet |
| French | Minivet à bec court |
| French (France) | Minivet à bec court |
| German | Kurzschnabel-Mennigvogel |
| Japanese | コバシベニサンショウクイ |
| Norwegian | kortnebbmønjefugl |
| Polish | purpurek krótkodzioby |
| Russian | Короткоклювый личинкоед |
| Slovak | pestrec krátkozobý |
| Spanish | Minivet Piquicorto |
| Spanish (Spain) | Minivet piquicorto |
| Swedish | kortnäbbad minivett |
| Thai | นกพญาไฟแม่สะเรียง |
| Turkish | Kısa Gagalı Minivet |
| Ukrainian | Личинкоїд короткодзьобий |
Pericrocotus brevirostris (Vigors, 1831)
PROTONYM:
Muscipeta brevirostris
Vigors, 1831. Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London Part 1 no.4, p. 43.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Himalayas; type locality restricted to Mussoorie, by Stuart Baker, 1920, Bull. Brit. Orn. CI., 40, p. 116, and corrected to 'probably Sikkim foothills', by Mayr, 1940, Ibis, p. 720.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- PERICROCOTUS
- brevirostre / brevirostris
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Short-billed Minivet
