Orange minivet
| Orange minivet | |
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| Female in Sri Lanka | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Campephagidae |
| Genus: | Pericrocotus |
| Species: | P. flammeus |
| Binomial name | |
| Pericrocotus flammeus JR Forster, 1781  Female orange minivet from Hosamata, Puttur, Karnataka, India | |
The orange minivet (Pericrocotus flammeus) is a species of bird in the cuckooshrike family, Campephagidae. 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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Orange minivet male
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Orange minivet male
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Pericrocotus flammeus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
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