Ashy minivet
(Phường chèo trắng lớn, Pericrocotus divaricatus)
The ashy minivet (Pericrocotus divaricatus) is a passerine bird of eastern Asia belonging to the minivet genus Pericrocotus in the cuckooshrike family Campephagidae.
The bird breeds in south-east Siberia, north-east China, Korea and Japan, and winters in South and South-east Asia as far south as Sumatra, Borneo and the Philippines.
Traits:
- Black-lored;
- White-throated;
- White-underpart;
- Male: Black-naped, white-fronted;
- Female: ashy head, ashy nape and ashy mantle.
Campephagidae: New Latin, from Campephaga, type genus (from Greek kampē caterpillar + New Latin -phaga) + -idae; 'Phago' is a term used as a prefix in Latin meaning 'Eating' or 'swallowing'. Phago ultimately comes from the Greek phageîn, which means “to eat, devour.”
The genus name comes from Ancient Greek peri - 'very', and krokotus 'saffron-coloured'.
divaricatus Latin divaricatus spread out.