Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Fiery Minivet
Common Names in French:
Minivet Flamboyant
Description
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 94 meters (0 to 308 feet).[1]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Aves
()
- Subclass:
Avialae
()
- Gauthier, 1986
- Infraclass:
Aves
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cohort:
Neognathae
()
- Pycraft, 1900
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
()
- Sibley et al., 1988
- Order:
Passeriformes
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Suborder:
Passeres
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758) C. Linnaeus, 1766
- Superfamily:
Corvoidea
()
- Family:
Campephagidae
()
- Genus:
Pericrocotus
()
- Boie, 1826
- Specific name:
igneus
- Subspecies:
igneus
- Scientific name: - Pericrocotus igneus igneus
- Subspecies:
igneus
- Specific name:
igneus
- Genus:
Pericrocotus
(
- Family:
Campephagidae
(
- Superfamily:
Corvoidea
(
- Suborder:
Passeres
(
- Order:
Passeriformes
(
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
(
- Cohort:
Neognathae
(
- Infraclass:
Aves
(
- Subclass:
Avialae
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Pericrocotus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 21 species and subspecies in this genus:
P. brevirostris (Short-Billed Minivet) · P. brevirostris brevirostris (Short-Billed Minivet) · P. cantonensis (Brown-Rumped Minivet) · P. cinnamomeus (Small Minivet) · P. cinnamomeus cinnamomeus (Small Minivet) · P. divaricatus (Ashy Minivet) · P. divaricatus divaricatus (Ashy Minivet) · P. erythropygius (White-Bellied Minivet) · P. erythropygius erythropygius (White-Bellied Minivet) · P. ethologus (Long-Tailed Minivet) · P. ethologus ethologus (Long-Tailed Minivet) · P. flammeus (Scarlet Minivet) · P. flammeus flammeus (Scarlet Minivet) · (Fiery Minivet) · P. igneus igneus (Fiery Minivet) · P. lansbergei (Little Minivet) · P. miniatus (Sunda Minivet) · P. roseus (Rosy Minivet) · P. roseus roseus (Rosy Minivet) · P. solaris (Yellow-Throated Minivet) · P. tegimae (Ryukyu Minivet)
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Further Reading
- Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 492.
- University of Kansas publications, Museum of Natural History. 17 1966 Lawrence, University of Kansas. url p. 416.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1705807
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2584658
Footnotes
- Mean = 59.330 meters (194.652 feet), Standard Deviation = 49.610 based on 6 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
