Scarlet Minivet

Order - Passeriformes
Family - Campephagidae (Cuckooshrikes)

Scarlet Minivet

Pericrocotus speciosus

赤红山椒鸟 (chì hóng shān jiāo niǎo)

    Malay : Burung-Matahari Besar Biasa

    Japanese : シュイロサンショウクイ (shu-iro sanshō-kui) /
                      ヒイロサンショウクイ (hi-iro sanshō-kui)

    Kanji 日語漢字 : 朱色山椒喰 / 緋色山椒喰

    Extent of Occurrence (resident/breeding) : 8,480,000km²
    Migratory Status : Not a Migrant
    Breeding Endemic : No

    Taxonomy update for 2013

Scarlet Minivet (Pericrocotus speciosus) is split into two species with Orange Minivet occupying the disjunct range in southern India and Sri Lanka and Scarlet Minivet occupying the rest of the species’ range :

- Orange Minivet (Pericrocotus flammeus)
- Scarlet Minivet (Pericrocotus speciosus)

    Size : 17–22 cm; 19–24.5 g

    

    Subspecies (18) and Distribution

    EBIRD GROUP (POLYTYPIC)

    Scarlet Minivet (Scarlet) Pericrocotus speciosus [speciosus Group]

• Pericrocotus speciosus speciosus (Latham, 1790, India; type locality restricted to 'Himalayas', by Hartert, 1902, Novit. Zool., 9, p. 555, and further restricted to Darjeeling, bjr Stuart Baker, 1921, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc, 27, p. 694.)
  – Himalayas from Jammu and Kashmir E to SE Tibet.
• Pericrocotus speciosus semiruber (Whistler & Kinnear, 1933, Sankrametta, 3,500 feet, South Visakhapatnam District, Andhra)
  – EC India, S Myanmar and Thailand (except C and S) E to C and S Indochina.
• Pericrocotus speciosus andamanensis (Beavan, 1867, Andaman Islands)
  – Andaman Is.
• Pericrocotus speciosus fraterculus (Swinhoe, 1870, all woody parts of Hainan)
  – Hainan (s China).
• Pericrocotus speciosus fohkiensis (Buturlin, 1910, Ashong, Fukien. In Russian)
  – SE China (Guizhou E to Fujian, S to Guangxi and Guangdong).
• Pericrocotus speciosus flammifer (A. O. Hume, 1875, region of the Pak Chan Estuary, Malay Peninsula at lat. 10° N)
  – SE Myanmar, SW and S Thailand and N and E Peninsular Malaysia.
• Pericrocotus speciosus xanthogaster (Raffles, 1822, Sumatra)
  – W and S Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra (including E coast islands).
• Pericrocotus speciosus minythomelas (Oberholser, 1912, Simalur Island)
  – Simeulue I, off NW Sumatra.
• Pericrocotus speciosus modiglianii (Salvadori, 1892, Enggano Island)
  – Enggano I, off SW Sumatra.
• Pericrocotus speciosus insulanus (Deignan, 1946, Kina Balu, North Borneo)
  – Borneo.

    EBIRD GROUP (POLYTYPIC)

    Scarlet Minivet (Philippine Red) Pericrocotus speciosus leytensis/novus

• Pericrocotus speciosus novus (McGregor, 1904, Irisan, Luzon)
  – N and C Philippines (Luzon, Negros).
• Pericrocotus speciosus leytensis (Steere, 1890, Leyte)
  – EC Philippines (Samar, Leyte, Bohol).

    EBIRD GROUP (POLYTYPIC)

    Scarlet Minivet (Philippine Yellow) Pericrocotus speciosus [marchesae Group]

• Pericrocotus speciosus gonzalesi (Ripley & Rabor, 1961, Mindanao Island, Philippines)
  – S Philippines (N and E Mindanao).
• Pericrocotus speciosus nigroluteus (Parkes, 1981, Sitio Balisong, Barrio Kablon, Tupi, Cotabato Province, Mindanao, 23 February 1962)
  – SC Mindanao.
• Pericrocotus speciosus johnstoniae (Ogilvie-Grant, 1905, Mount Apo, Mindanao.)
  – Mt Apo, in SE Mindanao.
• Pericrocotus speciosus marchesae (Guillemard, 1885, Maimbun, Sulu [Jolo] Island, Sulu Archipelago)
  – Sulu Archipelago (Jolo).

    EBIRD GROUP (POLYTYPIC)

    Scarlet Minivet (Javan) Pericrocotus speciosus exul/siebersi

• Pericrocotus speciosus siebersi (Rensch, 1928, Mount Gedeh, western Java)
  – Java and Bali.
• Pericrocotus speciosus exul (Wallace, 1864, Lombok Island)
  – Lombok (E of Bali).

Distribution Map

Pericrocotus speciosus ssp. xanthogaster
Date : 28 January 2018

Location : Hutan Simpan Kekal Bukit Larut, Taiping, Daerah Larut, Matang & Selama, Perak

Pericrocotus speciosus ssp. xanthogaster
Date : 27 August 2017

Location : Hutan Simpan Lenggor, Daerah Mersing, Johor

Pericrocotus speciosus ssp. xanthogaster
Date : 07 February 2016
Location : Taman TAR, Mukim Ampang, Daerah Hulu Langat, Selangor