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{{Taxobox
| color = pink
| name = Minivets
| image = Scarlet Minivet.jpg
| image_caption = Female [[Scarlet Minivet]] (''P. flammeus'')
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]]
| classis = [[bird|Aves]]
| ordo = [[Passeriformes]]
| familia = [[Campephagidae]]
| genus = '''''Pericrocotus'''''
| genus_authority = [[Friedrich Boie|Boie]], 1826
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = See text.
}}
The '''minivets''' are [[passerine]] [[bird]]s belonging to the [[genus]] '''''Pericrocotus''''' in the [[cuckoo-shrike]] family Campephagidae. There are about 13 species, occurring mainly in forests in southern and eastern [[Asia]]. They are fairly small, slender birds with long tails and an erect posture. Many species have bright red or yellow markings. They feed mainly on [[insect]]s, foraging in groups in the tree canopy.

==Species list==
* [[Rosy Minivet]], ''Pericrocotus roseus''
* [[Swinhoe's Minivet]] or Brown-rumped Minivet, ''Pericrocotus cantonensis''
* [[Ashy Minivet]], ''Pericrocotus divaricatus''
* [[Ryukyu Minivet]], ''Pericrocotus tegimae''
* [[Small Minivet]], ''Pericrocotus cinnamomeus''
* [[Fiery Minivet]], ''Pericrocotus igneus''
* [[Flores Minivet]] or Little Minivet, ''Pericrocotus lansbergei''
* [[White-bellied Minivet]], ''Pericrocotus erythropygius''
* [[Grey-chinned Minivet]], ''Pericrocotus solaris''
* [[Long-tailed Minivet]], ''Pericrocotus ethologus''
* [[Short-billed Minivet]], ''Pericrocotus brevirostris''
* [[Sunda Minivet]], ''Pericrocotus miniatus''
* [[Scarlet Minivet]], ''Pericrocotus flammeus''

==References==
*{{aut|Perrins, Christopher}}, ''ed.'' (2004) ''The New Encyclopedia of Birds'', Oxford University Press, Oxford.

[[Category:Pericrocotus|*]]
[[Category:Genera of birds]]

[[fr:Minivet]]