minivet

English

Scarlet minivet, Pericrocotus flammeus

Etymology

1862. Unknown

Noun

minivet (plural minivets)

Any of about 13 species of passerine birds in the genus Pericrocotus of the cuckoo-shrike family of southern and eastern Asia.

Derived terms

ashy minivet
brown-rumped minivet
fiery minivet
Flores minivet
grey-chinned minivet
little minivet
long-tailed minivet
rosy minivet
Ryukyu minivet
scarlet minivet
short-billed minivet
small minivet
Sunda minivet
Swinhoe's minivet
white-bellied minivet

Translations

bird of Pericrocotus

Chinese:
Mandarin: 山椒鳥／山椒鸟 (shānjiāoniǎo)
Dutch: menievogel (nl) m
Finnish: minivetti (fi)
German: Mennigvogel m
Japanese: 山椒食 (サンショウクイ, sanshōkui)
Spanish: minivet m

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