Scarlet Minivet (Pericrocotus speciosus)






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