Brown-rumped Minivet

Brown-rumped Minivet

Pericrocotus cantonensis

Silhouette: PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR
Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
at Shanghai

In 3 days <5% in a week ~10%

56 Verified sightings at Shanghai
1,670 In all 6 parks From 2019 to 2026
June Best month
🌅 Crepuscular When it's spotted

About the Brown-rumped Minivet

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 →

Sounds

Call0:06

China · 2026

© Bo Shunqi 薄顺奇 · XC1180555 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Flight call0:43

China · 2024

© Bo Shunqi薄顺奇 · XC909442 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Call0:09

China · 2024

© Peter Boesman · XC916375 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Khao Yai National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
~30%
2 Cat Tien National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
~20%
3 Kaeng Krachan National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
~10%
4 Khao Luang National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
~10%
5 Khao Sok National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
<5%
6 Doi Inthanon National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Hangzhou 🇨🇳 China
~20%
2 Hefei 🇨🇳 China
~10%
3 Nanjing 🇨🇳 China
~10%
4 Ho Chi Minh City 🇻🇳 Vietnam
~10%
5 Ningbo 🇨🇳 China
~10%
6 Wuhan 🇨🇳 China
~10%
7 Yangon 🇲🇲 Myanmar
<5%
8 Suzhou 🇨🇳 China
<5%
9 Shanghai 🇨🇳 China
<5%
10 Bangkok 🇹🇭 Thailand
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Brown-rumped Minivet in Shanghai?

Rare

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Brown-rumped Minivet sighting in Shanghai on a given day, based on 56 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 97th most-seen of the 202 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, and over a week to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Brown-rumped Minivet in Shanghai?

May and June

In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Brown-rumped Minivet in Shanghai on a given day, against under 5% in July to April, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Brown-rumped Minivet?

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.

Is Shanghai the best place to see a Brown-rumped Minivet?

9th of 10

Of the 10 cities where we can rate Brown-rumped Minivet sightings, Shanghai ranks 9th at under 5%. The best odds are in Hangzhou (China, about 20%), Hefei (China, about 10%) and Nanjing (China, about 10%).

Where does the Brown-rumped Minivet sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Brown-rumped Minivet is recorded against all the birds logged in Shanghai (56 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.

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