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Species of bird From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Swinhoe's minivet or the brown-rumped minivet (Pericrocotus cantonensis) is a bird in the cuckooshrike family, Campephagidae. The species was first described by Robert Swinhoe in 1861.
| Swinhoe's minivet | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Campephagidae |
| Genus: | Pericrocotus |
| Species: | P. cantonensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Pericrocotus cantonensis R. Swinhoe, 1861 | |
It breeds in China and winters in Mainland Southeast Asia. Its natural habitats are temperate forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.
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