Pericrocotus divaricatus

• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
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• Notes

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Ecology: List of Habitats :

•     1     Forest   
  
•     1.4     Forest - Temperate   
  
•     1.6     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland   
  
•     1.7     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level   
  
•     1.8     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Swamp   
  
•     3     Shrubland   
  
•     3.5     Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry   
  
•     14     Artificial/Terrestrial   
  
•     14.3     Artificial/Terrestrial - Plantations   
  
•     14.5     Artificial/Terrestrial - Urban Areas   
  
•     14.6     Artificial/Terrestrial - Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest   
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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Pericrocotus divaricatus (Raffles, 1822)

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

First described: Raffles, T.S. Second part of the descriptive catalogue of a zoological collection made in the island of Sumatra and its vicinity. Trans. Linn. Soc., London, 8 (2): 277-335., 1822.

Last scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001

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

• Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 233, p. 272, p. 550.
• Check-list of birds of the world. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1931-1987. url p. 198, p. 208.
• Results of the first Joint US-USSR Central Pacific Expedition (BERPAC): Autumn 1988 / John F. Turner, . .. [et al.]; P.A. Nagel, editor. Washington, DC: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1992. url p. 251.
• Type-specimens of birds in the British Museum (Natural History) / by R.L.M. Warren & C.J.O. Harrison. London: BM(NH), 1966-1973. url p. 38.

Notes

Contributors

• BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
• BirdLife International 2009. Pericrocotus divaricatus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 03February2012.
• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 10, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 10, 2008:

• KBIF Data Repository: Korean Wild Birds
• National Chemical Laboratory: IndOBIS, Indian Ocean Node of OBIS
• National Science Museum of Korea: National Science Museum of Korea Bird

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 4210
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-561916
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13548090
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 561916
• IUCN ID: 231231
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 140280

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