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Definition of Minivets

Minivet
Minivet Min"i*vet, n. (Zo["o]l.) A singing bird of India of the family Campephagid[ae].

Meaning of Minivets from wikipedia

- The minivets are p****erine birds belonging to the genus Pericrocotus in the cuckooshrike family Campephagidae. There are about 15 species, occurring mainly...
- Indonesia. The small minivet is 16 cm long with a strong dark beak and long wings. The male differs from most other common minivets by having grey, not...
- in small groups (more than 2 individuals) along tree tops in forests. Minivets are often seen to make bouncing flights over the canopy of the forest....
- confused with the female of the brown-rumped minivet. They forage in the canopy, often along with other minivets and join mixed-species foraging flocks. It...
- The scarlet minivet (Pericrocotus speciosus) is a small p****erine bird. This minivet is found in tropical southern Asia from Northeast India to southern...
- It is omnivorous.[citation needed] The male is distinguished from other minivets by having a deep pink/light red shade in wings and tail and the female...
- pounds). They are predominantly greyish with white and black, although the minivets are brightly coloured in red, yellow and black, and the blue cuckooshrike...
- Swinhoe's minivet or the brown-rumped minivet (Pericrocotus cantonensis) is a bird in the cuckooshrike family, Campephagidae. The species was first described...
- The Sunda minivet (Pericrocotus miniatus) is a species of bird in the family Campephagidae. It is endemic to Indonesia, where it occurs on secondary forests...
- white necked storks, sarus cranes, wood****s, barbets, kingfishers, minivets, bee-eaters, bulbuls and varied birds of prey. There are also drongos,...