Long-tailed Minivet

Long-tailed Minivet

Pericrocotus ethologus

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Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Royal Bardia National Park

In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%

36 Verified sightings at Royal Bardia National Park From 2019 to 2026
1,428 In all 14 parks
January Best month
🌅 Crepuscular When it's spotted

About the Long-tailed Minivet

The long-tailed minivet (Pericrocotus ethologus) is a species of bird in the family Campephagidae. It is found in southern and south-eastern Asia where it occurs in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. Wikipedia →

Sounds

Call0:21

Thailand · 2023

© FREDERIC Lionel · XC938744 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Song0:46

China · 2021

© Ray Tsu 诸仁 · XC715462 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Imitation0:36

China · 2021

© Bo Shunqi 薄顺奇 · XC652576 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Langtang National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
~20%
2 Jiuzhaigou National Park 🇨🇳 China
~20%
3 Doi Inthanon National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
~20%
4 Jim Corbett National Park 🇮🇳 India
~10%
5 Royal Bardia National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
~10%
6 Manas National Park 🇮🇳 India
~10%
7 Royal Manas National Park 🇧🇹 Bhutan
~10%
8 Kaziranga National Park 🇮🇳 India
~10%
9 Namdapha National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
10 Chitwan National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
<5%
11 Bandhavgarh National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
12 Ranthambore National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
13 Satpura National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
14 Kanha National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Kathmandu 🇳🇵 Nepal
~10%
2 Guiyang 🇨🇳 China
~10%
3 Dehradun 🇮🇳 India
~10%
4 Jammu 🇮🇳 India
<5%
5 Srinagar 🇮🇳 India
<5%
6 Chandigarh 🇮🇳 India
<5%
7 Lucknow 🇮🇳 India
<5%
8 Islamabad 🇵🇰 Pakistan
<5%
9 Jabalpur 🇮🇳 India
<5%
10 Beijing 🇨🇳 China
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Long-tailed Minivet in Royal Bardia National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Long-tailed Minivet sighting in Royal Bardia National Park on a given day, based on 36 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 109th most-seen of the 233 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.

When is the best time to see a Long-tailed Minivet in Royal Bardia National Park?

January

In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Long-tailed Minivet in Royal Bardia National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February, April and September, the lowest months. That is one of Royal Bardia National Park's driest months, with about 35 mm of rain against 590 mm in July. August has too few records to rate.

What time of day is best to see a Long-tailed Minivet?

Between 3 and 6 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Long-tailed Minivet sightings with a recorded time, and about half of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is most active around dawn and dusk.

Is Royal Bardia National Park the best place to see a Long-tailed Minivet?

5th of 14

Of the 14 parks where we can rate Long-tailed Minivet sightings, Royal Bardia National Park ranks 5th at about 10%. The best odds are in Langtang National Park (Nepal, about 20%), Jiuzhaigou National Park (China, about 20%) and Doi Inthanon National Park (Thailand, about 20%).

Which relatives of the Long-tailed Minivet live in Royal Bardia National Park?

Same genus: Pericrocotus

The closest relatives of the Long-tailed Minivet that you can see in Royal Bardia National Park (genus Pericrocotus, Minivets) are Small Minivet (about 20%) and Scarlet Minivet (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Long-tailed Minivet sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Long-tailed Minivet is recorded against all the birds logged in Royal Bardia National Park (36 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.

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