Brown-rumped Minivet
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Brown-rumped Minivet

Pericrocotus cantonensis

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
20–30% · Possible
overall probability at Cat Tien National Park
264 Verified records at Cat Tien National Park
January Best month highest sighting rate
🌅 Crepuscular When it's active at dawn and dusk

Swinhoe's minivet or the brown-rumped minivet (Pericrocotus cantonensis) is a bird in the cuckooshrike family, Campephagidae. The species was first described by Robert Swinhoe in 1861. It breeds in China and winters in Indochina. Its natural habitats are temperate forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. Wikipedia →

20–30% of wildlife watchers report a Brown-rumped Minivet sighting in Cat Tien National Park, based on 264 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Cat Tien National Park

Scarlet Minivet

Scarlet Minivet

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Pericrocotus speciosus

30–40% · Possible
Ashy Minivet
LC

Ashy Minivet

Bird

Pericrocotus divaricatus

10–20% · With luck
Rosy Minivet
LC

Rosy Minivet

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Pericrocotus roseus

Insufficient data
Indochinese Cuckooshrike

Indochinese Cuckooshrike

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Coracina polioptera

20–30% · Possible
Black-winged Cuckooshrike

Black-winged Cuckooshrike

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Coracina melaschistos

5–10% · With luck
Javan Cuckoo-shrike
LC

Javan Cuckoo-shrike

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Coracina javensis

5–10% · With luck
White-rumped Shama
LC

White-rumped Shama

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Copsychus malabaricus

70–80% · Very likely
Ashy Drongo
LC

Ashy Drongo

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Dicrurus leucophaeus

70–80% · Likely
Greater Racket-tailed Drongo
LC

Greater Racket-tailed Drongo

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Dicrurus paradiseus

60–70% · Likely
🐦 No photo available
LC

Ayeyarwady Bulbul

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Pycnonotus blanfordi

60–70% · Likely
Stripe-throated Bulbul
LC

Stripe-throated Bulbul

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Pycnonotus finlaysoni

60–70% · Likely
Bronzed Drongo
LC Endemic

Bronzed Drongo

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Dicrurus aeneus

50–60% · Likely

📅 Monthly Probability

40–50
Jan
20–30
Feb
10–20
Mar
<5
Apr
<5
May
10–20
Jun
5–10
Jul
5–10
Aug
5–10
Sep
10–20
Oct
20–30
Nov
20–30
Dec

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Khao Yai National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
20–30%
2 Cat Tien National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
20–30%
3 Kaeng Krachan National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
10–20%
4 Khao Luang National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
10–20%
5 Khao Sok National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
<5%
6 Doi Inthanon National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
<5%
7 Ba Be National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
Insufficient data
8 Cuc Phuong National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Brown-rumped Minivet in Cat Tien National Park?

About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Brown-rumped Minivet sighting in Cat Tien National Park, based on 264 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Brown-rumped Minivet in Cat Tien National Park?

January has the highest sighting rate for Brown-rumped Minivet in Cat Tien National Park in our monthly data.

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