Sunda Minivet

Sunda Minivet / Pericrocotus miniatus

Sunda Minivet

Here the details of the Sunda Minivet named bird below:

SCI Name:  Pericrocotus miniatus
Protonym:  Muscicapa miniata Pl.Col. livr.26 pl.156
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Campephagidae /
Taxonomy Code:  sunmin1
Type Locality:  Java.
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Publish Year:  1822
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

PERICROCOTUS
(Campephagidae; Ϯ Sunda Minivet P. miniatus) Gr. περι peri  very, all around; κροκωτος krokōtos  golden-yellow  < κροκος krokos  saffron; "VI. Fam. Sylviadae Vigors.   ...   Pericrocotus: Musc. miniata Tem. col. 156  u. s. w." (Boie 1826); "Pericrocotus Boie, 1826, Isis von Oken, 2, (10), col. 972. Type, by original designation [?] and monotypy, Muscicapa miniata Temminck." (Deignan in Peters 1960, IX, 207).
Var. Perierocotus, Pericrodotus.
Synon. Acis, Motacilloides, Phoenicornis.

miniata / miniatus
L. miniatus  painted vermilion  < minius vermilion.