Orange Minivet | |
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Male Pericrocotus flammeus flammeus | |
Information | |
Range | southeast India and Sri Lanka. |
Scientific Classification | |
Kingdom | Animalia |
Phylum | Chordata |
Class | Aves |
Order | Passeriformes |
Family | Campephagidae |
Genus | Pericrocotus |
Species | Pericrocotus flammeus |
Conservation Status | |
Least Concern |
The Orange minivet (Pericrocotus flammeus), is a species of minivet in the Campephagidae family. It is found in southeast India and Sri Lanka. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the scarlet minivet.