minivet

minivet

English

Scarlet minivet, Pericrocotus flammeus

Wikispecies

Etymology

1862. Unknown

Noun

minivet (plural minivets)

1. Any of about 13 species of passerine birds in the genus Pericrocotus of the cuckoo-shrike family of southern and eastern Asia.

Derived terms

• rosy minivet
• Swinhoe's minivet
• ashy minivet
• Ryukyu minivet
• small minivet
• fiery minivet
• Flores minivet
• white-bellied minivet
• grey-chinned minivet
• long-tailed minivet
• short-billed minivet
• Sunda minivet
• scarlet minivet

Translations

bird of Pericrocotus

Chinese: Mandarin: 山椒鳥, 山椒鸟 (shānjiāoniǎo) Dutch: menievogel (nl) m Finnish: minivetti

German: Mennigvogel m Japanese: 山椒食 (サンショウクイ, sanshōkui) Spanish: minivet m