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Scarlet Minivet (Pericrocotus speciosus)

Scarlet Minivet (Pericrocotus speciosus)
Scarlet Minivet (Pericrocotus speciosus)
Scarlet Minivet (Pericrocotus flammeus) - Male
Scarlet Minivet (Pericrocotus flammeus) - Male
Scarlet Minivet (Pericrocotus speciosus)
Scarlet Minivet (Pericrocotus flammeus) - Male

About Scarlet Minivet (Pericrocotus speciosus)

  • Kingdom: Animals
  • Phylum: Chordates
  • Class: Birds
  • Order: Perching Birds
  • Family: Cuckoo-shrike

The scarlet minivet is a small passerine bird in the cuckooshrike family Campephagidae. This minivet is found in tropical southern Asia from Northeast India to southern China, Indonesia, and the Philippines. They are common resident breeding birds in forests and other well-wooded habitats including gardens, especially in hilly country. While the male of most subspecies are scarlet to orange with black upper parts, the females are usually yellow with greyish olive upper parts. Several former subspecies have been elevated to a species status in recent works. These include the orange minivet. All subspecies have the same habits of gleaning for insects and are often seen in mixed-species foraging flocks, usually foraging in small groups, high up in the forest canopy.

Lifelists

Visits

  • 2006-01-21
    Jim Corbett National Park - Kosi River, India
    Image from 2006-01-21
  • 2013-01-16
    Phong Nha Ke Bang, Vietnam
  • 2013-01-23
    Dalat--Ta Nung Valley, Vietnam
    Image from 2013-01-23
  • 2013-01-24
    Nam Cat Tien National Park, Vietnam
  • 2013-02-16
    Namieri National Park, India
    Image from 2013-02-16
    Image from 2013-02-16
  • 2025-08-11
    Bukit Fraser, Malaysia
    Image from 2025-08-11
  • 2025-08-15
    Genung Kerinci, Indonesia
  • 2025-08-16
    Tapan Road, Indonesia
  • 2025-08-17
    Tapan Road, Indonesia
  • 2025-09-02
    Bukit Larut, Malaysia