Pericrocotus speciosus (Latham, 1790)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Male specimen of Pericrocotus speciosus, Tân Phú District, Vietnam
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Open encyclopedia reference
The scarlet minivet (Pericrocotus speciosus) is a small passerine bird in the cuckooshrike family Campephagidae. This minivet is found in tropical southern Asia from Northeast India to southern China, Indonesia, and the Philippines. They are common resident breeding birds in forests and other well-wooded habitats including gardens, especially in hilly country. While the male of most subspecies are scarlet to orange with black upper parts, the females are usually yellow with greyish olive upper parts. Several former subspecies have been elevated to a species status in recent works. These include the orange minivet. All subspecies have the same habits of gleaning for insects and are often seen in mixed-species foraging flocks, usually foraging in small groups, high up in the forest canopy.
Wikipedia contributors, Scarlet minivet; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T14:06:25.084925+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Pericrocotus speciosus (Latham, 1790)
- Name authority
- (Latham, 1790)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Campephagidae
- Genus
- Pericrocotus
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyCampephagidae Vigors, 1825
- genusPericrocotus F. Boie, 1826
- speciesPericrocotus speciosus (Latham, 1790)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Pericrocotus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Fiery MinivetPericrocotus igneus Blyth, 1846 | CampephagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ryukyu MinivetPericrocotus tegimae Stejneger, 1887 | CampephagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Small MinivetPericrocotus cinnamomeus (Linnaeus, 1766) | CampephagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Little MinivetPericrocotus lansbergei Büttikofer, 1886 | CampephagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-bellied MinivetPericrocotus erythropygius (Jerdon, 1840) | CampephagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Grey-chinned MinivetPericrocotus solaris Blyth, 1846 | CampephagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Scarlet MinivetPericrocotus flammeus (J. R. Forster, 1781) | CampephagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=916581 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:774M3. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.