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A photo of a Scarlet Minivet (Pericrocotus speciosus), male
Scarlet Minivet, Male

Scarlet Minivet

Pericrocotus speciosus

The scarlet minivet (Pericrocotus speciosus) is a small passerine bird. 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. The scarlet minivet is 20–22 cm long with a strong dark beak and long wings. The male has black upperparts and head, and scarlet underparts, tail edges, rump and wing patches. The shape and colour of the wing patches and the shade or orange in the male varies across populations. In the subspecies nigroluteus and marchesae from south Philippines the scarlet/orange is entirely replaced by yellow. The female is grey above, with yellow underparts (including the face), tail edges, rump and wing patches.
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Oscar Barlow
Sunday 18 Jun 2023 - 3:18am
Thailand
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Oscar Barlow
Saturday 17 Jun 2023 - 9:18am
Thailand
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Ian Hillery
Tuesday 09 May 2023 - 7:23am
Thailand
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Tuesday 02 May 2023 - 1:08am
India
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