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Scarlet Minivet
Pericrocotus speciosus · Family Campephagidae
Pericrocotus speciosus
Family Campephagidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Campephagidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 110,680
- Countries and territories with records
- 19
About this species
This species has 110,680 occurrence records from 19 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from India (46.3%), Thailand (13.4%), Hong Kong (9.5%), Malaysia (5.5%) and China (4.8%); together they account for 79.5% of the total. In India, this species accounts for 0.083% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Pericrocotus speciosus combines the genus name Pericrocotus with the species epithet speciosus. The Warbla app catalog lists 15 species of the genus Pericrocotus; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Pericrocotus cinnamomeus, Pericrocotus solaris and Pericrocotus flammeus.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 89 species of the family Campephagidae. This species ranks 7th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Coracina novaehollandiae. Its record count is 3.7 times the family average (29,881). The family Campephagidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.