Orange minivet

Orange minivet
	Male in South India
	Female in Sri Lanka
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Campephagidae
Genus:	Pericrocotus
Species:	P. flammeus
Binomial name
	Pericrocotus flammeus; Forster, 1781

The orange minivet (Pericrocotus flammeus) is a species of bird in the cuckooshrike family, Campephagidae. It is found in Sri Lanka and the western coast of India.^[2] Its natural habitats are temperate forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the scarlet minivet.

References[]

^ BirdLife International (2018). "Pericrocotus flammeus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22706766A130430325. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22706766A130430325.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
^ "Orange Minivet".

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[iucn_status_12_November_2021-1] BirdLife International (2018). "Pericrocotus flammeus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22706766A130430325. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22706766A130430325.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

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