Pericrocotus cantonensis
Silhouette: PhyloPic
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
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 →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khao Yai National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 2 | Cat Tien National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 3 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 4 | Khao Luang National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 5 | Khao Sok National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 6 | Doi Inthanon National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Brown-rumped Minivet sighting in Ho Chi Minh City on a given day, based on 40 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 54th 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 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Brown-rumped Minivet in Ho Chi Minh City on a given day, against under 5% in June, the lowest month. That is one of Ho Chi Minh City's driest months, with about 5 mm of rain against 220 mm in October.
Between 2 and 5 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Brown-rumped Minivet sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
4th of 10
Of the 10 cities where we can rate Brown-rumped Minivet sightings, Ho Chi Minh City ranks 4th at about 10%. The best odds are in Hangzhou (China, about 20%), Hefei (China, about 10%) and Nanjing (China, about 10%).
Same genus: Pericrocotus
The closest relatives of the Brown-rumped Minivet that you can see in Ho Chi Minh City (genus Pericrocotus, Minivets) are Scarlet Minivet (about 20%) and Ashy Minivet (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Brown-rumped Minivet is recorded against all the birds logged in Ho Chi Minh City (40 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.
