Pericrocotus cantonensis
Silhouette: PhyloPic
In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
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 |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Brown-rumped Minivet sighting in Khao Yai National Park on a given day, based on 690 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 47th most-seen of the 278 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
December to February
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Brown-rumped Minivet in Khao Yai National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April to June, the lowest months. Those are among Khao Yai National Park's driest months, with about 30 mm of rain a month against 330 mm in September.
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.
Yes
Of the 6 parks where we can rate Brown-rumped Minivet sightings, Khao Yai National Park has the highest daily chance: about 30%. Next come 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 Yai National Park (genus Pericrocotus, Minivets) are Scarlet Minivet (about 20%), Rosy 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 Yai National Park (690 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.
