Female © jaya samkutty
Female © Snehasis Sinha
Male © Michael Todd
Female © Karthick VS

Orange Minivet Pericrocotus flammeus

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Identification

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Brightly-colored forest bird with a long tail. Male is decked out in black and orange-red, female in gray and yellow. Male lacks Small Minivet’s contrasting gray crown and back. Gives very high, somewhat bubbling twitter of “weeeep” notes. Travels in flocks, sometimes mixed in with other species. Often seen in bounding flight over the forest canopy.

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