Orange Minivet
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Orange Minivet

Pericrocotus flammeus

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
30–40% · Possible
overall probability at Horton Plains National Park
154 Verified records at Horton Plains National Park
November Best month highest sighting rate
🌅 Crepuscular When it's active at dawn and dusk

The orange minivet (Pericrocotus flammeus) is a brightly colored bird in the cuckooshrike family, Campephagidae. It is found all along the Western Ghats and west coast of India and Sri Lanka. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the scarlet minivet which is considered to have a wider distribution in eastern and northern India and South-east Asia. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. The orange minivet is a species resident in southern India and Sri Lanka, that feeds primarily on insects while foraging in mixed-species bird flocks or in small single-species groups. Wikipedia →

30–40% of wildlife watchers report a Orange Minivet sighting in Horton Plains National Park, based on 154 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Horton Plains National Park

Small Minivet
LC

Small Minivet

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Pericrocotus cinnamomeus

<5% · Rare
Black-headed Cuckooshrike

Black-headed Cuckooshrike

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Coracina melanoptera

Insufficient data
Sri Lanka White-eye
LC

Sri Lanka White-eye

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Zosterops ceylonensis

90–100% · Very likely
Pied Bushchat
LC

Pied Bushchat

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Saxicola caprata

90–100% · Very likely
Yellow-eared Bulbul
LC

Yellow-eared Bulbul

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Pycnonotus penicillatus

80–90% · Very likely
Hill Swallow

Hill Swallow

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Hirundo domicola

80–90% · Very likely
Dull-blue Flycatcher
NT

Dull-blue Flycatcher

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Eumyias sordidus

70–80% · Very likely
Large-billed Crow
LC

Large-billed Crow

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Corvus macrorhynchos

70–80% · Very likely
Cinereous Tit

Cinereous Tit

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Parus cinereus

70–80% · Likely
Oriental Pipit
LC

Oriental Pipit

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Anthus rufulus

60–70% · Likely
Indian Blackbird
LC

Indian Blackbird

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Turdus simillimus

60–70% · Likely
Zitting Cisticola
LC

Zitting Cisticola

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Cisticola juncidis

60–70% · Likely

📅 Monthly Probability

30–40
Jan
30–40
Feb
20–30
Mar
20–30
Apr
20–30
May
20–30
Jun
40–50
Jul
30–40
Aug
30–40
Sep
30–40
Oct
40–50
Nov
30–40
Dec

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Periyar National Park 🇮🇳 India
60–70%
2 Sinharaja Forest Reserve 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
60–70%
3 Nagarhole National Park 🇮🇳 India
30–40%
4 Horton Plains National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
30–40%
5 Mudumalai National Park 🇮🇳 India
30–40%
6 Eravikulam National Park 🇮🇳 India
20–30%
7 Bandipur National Park 🇮🇳 India
5–10%
8 Yala National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
<5%
9 Wilpattu National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
<5%
10 Minneriya National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Orange Minivet in Horton Plains National Park?

About 35% of wildlife watchers report a Orange Minivet sighting in Horton Plains National Park, based on 154 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Orange Minivet in Horton Plains National Park?

November has the highest sighting rate for Orange Minivet in Horton Plains National Park in our monthly data.

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