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The small minivet is a small passerine bird. This minivet is found in tropical southern Asia from the Indian subcontinent east to Indonesia.
Scientific Name : Pericrocotus cinnamomeus
Family : Campephagidae
Order : Passeriformes
Class : Aves
Type : Cuckooshrikes
Conservation Status : Least concern (LC)
Size : 16 cm
Compare Size : Sparrow -
Wingspan : NA
Weight : 8.6 g
Migratory : Resident
Sex Alike : No
Nesting Season : February -September
Other Names :
English : Fiery Minivet, Lesser Minivet
Hindi : सहेली
Marathi : छोटा गोमेट, निखार
Habitat:
Gardens, Groves, Light Deciduous jungle in flocks
Breeding:
Eggs - 3, Pale greenish white or creamy buff stippled with reddish brown. Both Sexes share parental duties.
Feeding:
Insects & their larvae
| Male | |
|---|---|
| Upperparts | grey |
| Head | grey |
| Underparts | orange fading to yellow on the belly |
| Tail | black edged orange; long |
| Lores | black |
| Rump | orange |
| Wing | grey to black along the length with orange patch |
| Female | |
|---|---|
| Upperparts | grey |
| Throat | light-grey |
| Upperparts | yellowish gradually more yellow towards the vent |
| Tail | edged yellow; long |
| Rump | yellow |
| Wing | has yellow patch |
| Note : The female of the southern race is brighter yellow below |
|
| male P. c. pallidus of the northwest Indian subcontinent | |
|---|---|
| Upperparts | pale-grey |
| Throat | orange |
| Flanks | yellow |
| Underparts | whitish |
| Note : mostly like mainland speices but has some variations in plumage |
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