Pericrocotus cantonensis
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
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 Khao Luang National Park on a given day, based on 57 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 114th most-seen of the 215 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.
January
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Brown-rumped Minivet in Khao Luang National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April–August, October and December, the lowest months.
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 6
Of the 6 parks where we can rate Brown-rumped Minivet sightings, Khao Luang National Park ranks 4th at about 10%. The best odds are in Khao Yai National Park (Thailand, about 30%), Cat Tien National Park (Vietnam, about 20%) and Kaeng Krachan National Park (Thailand, about 10%).
Same genus: Pericrocotus
The closest relatives of the Brown-rumped Minivet that you can see in Khao Luang National Park (genus Pericrocotus, Minivets) are Scarlet Minivet (about 10%), Fiery Minivet (about 10%) 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 Khao Luang National Park (57 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
