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Orange Minivet
Orange Minivet (Pericrocotus flammeus flammeus) male by N. A. Nazeer
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
LCSpecies
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.

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