Pericrocotus divaricatus
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
The ashy minivet (Pericrocotus divaricatus) is a passerine bird of eastern Asia belonging to the minivet genus Pericrocotus in the cuckooshrike family Campephagidae. While most of the minivets have shades of yellow, orange and red in their plumage, this species has only greys, whites and blacks. The male is distinctive with a white face and black nape although females can be 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 is 18.5–20 cm long. The male is grey above and whitish below. It has a black cap with a white forehead and there is a white band across the flight-feathers. The outer tail feathers are white. The bill and feet are black. The female's cap is grey apart from a black band between the bill and eye and a narrow white band above it. The call is a high-pitched, metallic trill. It is considered as closely related to Pericrocotus roseus and Pericrocotus cantonensis but differs in moult pattern. It is one of the few passerine birds that moult their primaries twice in a year and is the longest distance migrant among the minivets.
It breeds in south-east... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cat Tien National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 2 | Khao Yai National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 3 | Nikko National Park | 🇯🇵 Japan | |
| 4 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 5 | Khao Luang National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 6 | Gunung Leuser National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 7 | Taman Negara National Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 8 | Khao Sok National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 9 | Cuc Phuong National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 10 | Doi Inthanon National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ho Chi Minh City | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 2 | Busan | 🇰🇷 South Korea | |
| 3 | Singapore | 🇸🇬 Singapore | |
| 4 | Manila | 🇵🇭 Philippines | |
| 5 | Sendai | 🇯🇵 Japan | |
| 6 | Xiamen City | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 7 | Phnom Penh | 🇰🇭 Cambodia | |
| 8 | Wenzhou | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 9 | Kuala Lumpur | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 10 | Hanoi | 🇻🇳 Vietnam |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Ashy Minivet sighting in Ho Chi Minh City on a given day, based on 33 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 68th most-seen of the 103 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
December
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report an Ashy Minivet in Ho Chi Minh City on a given day, against under 5% in May–July and September, the lowest months. That is one of Ho Chi Minh City's driest months, with about 30 mm of rain against 220 mm in October.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Ashy Minivet sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 27 cities where we can rate Ashy Minivet sightings, Ho Chi Minh City has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Busan (South Korea, about 10%) and Singapore (Singapore, about 10%).
Same genus: Pericrocotus
The closest relatives of the Ashy Minivet that you can see in Ho Chi Minh City (genus Pericrocotus, Minivets) are Scarlet Minivet (about 20%) and Brown-rumped Minivet (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Ashy Minivet is recorded against all the birds logged in Ho Chi Minh City (33 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
