ML134085591

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Observation details

Swinhoe's Minivet (Pericrocotus cantonesis) Though there are several possible, or definite, records of Swinhoe’s Minivet from India, apart from the two published records, with photographs available on Oriental Bird Images, eBird and Facebook, none of them are from Gujarat. Very little is known about the status of this species in India due its similarity with the Ashy Minivet. Most of the dated published records of the Ashy Minivet did not consider Swinhoe’s as a possible confusion species as it was not well known to Indian birders (Praveen J., in litt., via e-mail dated 05 March 2016). This is especially significant as females and first winter males of both species are often difficult to identify (Bakewell 2012). It is possible that upon proper scrutiny, several reports of Ashy Minivet from India may turn out to be Swinhoe’s Minivet. A recent compilation by Tim Inskipp, of all known Ashy- and Swinhoe’s Minivet sightings in West Bengal, suggests this (Grimmett et al. 2011). This record is an addition to the avifauna of Gujarat (Ganpule 2017).

Technical information

Model

Canon EOS 600D

Lens

EF-S55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS II

ISO

160

Focal length

250 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire, auto

f-stop

f/7.1

Shutter speed

1/200 sec

Dimensions

3411 pixels x 2035 pixels

Original file size

986.6 KB