Orange Minivet
| Orange Minivet | |
|---|---|
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| 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 JR Forster, 1781 | |
The Orange Minivet (Pericrocotus flammeus) is a species of bird in the cuckoo-shrike 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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