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Scarlet Minivet

Pericrocotus speciosus

<5% · Rare
overall probability at Kinabalu Park
20 Verified records at Kinabalu Park
May Best month highest sighting rate
🌅 Crepuscular When it's active at dawn and dusk

The scarlet minivet (Pericrocotus speciosus) is a small passerine bird in the cuckooshrike family Campephagidae. This minivet is found in tropical southern Asia from Northeast India to southern China, Indonesia, and the Philippines. They are common resident breeding birds in forests and other well-wooded habitats including gardens, especially in hilly country. While the male of most subspecies are scarlet to orange with black upper parts, the females are usually yellow with greyish olive upper parts. Several former subspecies have been elevated to a species status in recent works. These include the orange minivet. Wikipedia →

<5% of wildlife watchers report a Scarlet Minivet sighting in Kinabalu Park, based on 20 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Kinabalu Park

Gray-chinned Minivet
LC

Gray-chinned Minivet

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Pericrocotus solaris

40–50% · Likely
Fiery Minivet
NT

Fiery Minivet

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Pericrocotus igneus

Insufficient data
Sunda Cuckoo-shrike
LC

Sunda Cuckoo-shrike

🌙 Nocturnal Bird

Coracina larvata

20–30% · Possible
Pied Triller
LC

Pied Triller

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Lalage nigra

Insufficient data
Lesser Cuckooshrike

Lesser Cuckooshrike

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Coracina fimbriata

Insufficient data
Bornean Treepie
LC

Bornean Treepie

🌙 Nocturnal Bird

Dendrocitta cinerascens

70–80% · Very likely
Indigo Flycatcher
LC

Indigo Flycatcher

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Eumyias indigo

60–70% · Likely
Yellow-breasted Warbler

Yellow-breasted Warbler

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Seicercus montis

60–70% · Likely
Black-capped White-eye
LC

Black-capped White-eye

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Zosterops atricapilla

60–70% · Likely
Temminck's Sunbird
LC

Temminck's Sunbird

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Aethopyga temminckii

60–70% · Likely
Mountain Leaf Warbler
LC

Mountain Leaf Warbler

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Phylloscopus trivirgatus

60–70% · Likely
Bornean Whistler
LC

Bornean Whistler

🌙 Nocturnal Bird

Pachycephala hypoxantha

60–70% · Likely

📅 Monthly Probability

<5
Jan
<5
Feb
<5
Mar
<5
Apr
<5
May
<5
Jun
<5
Jul
<5
Aug
<5
Sep
<5
Oct
<5
Nov
<5
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 Royal Manas National Park 🇧🇹 Bhutan
60–70%
2 Namdapha National Park 🇮🇳 India
40–50%
3 Cat Tien National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
30–40%
4 Kanha National Park 🇮🇳 India
30–40%
5 Way Kambas National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
30–40%
6 Cuc Phuong National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
20–30%
7 Kaziranga National Park 🇮🇳 India
20–30%
8 Jim Corbett National Park 🇮🇳 India
20–30%
9 Doi Inthanon National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
20–30%
10 Khao Yai National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
20–30%
11 Chitwan National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
10–20%
12 Kaeng Krachan National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
10–20%
13 Khao Luang National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
10–20%
14 Ba Be National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
10–20%
15 Royal Bardia National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
10–20%
16 Khangchendzonga National Park 🇮🇳 India
5–10%
17 Kerinci Seblat National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
5–10%
18 Satpura National Park 🇮🇳 India
5–10%
19 Langtang National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
5–10%
20 Bandhavgarh National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
21 Danum Valley Conservation Area 🇲🇾 Malaysia
<5%
22 Bali Barat National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
<5%
23 Khao Sok National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
<5%
24 Kinabalu Park 🇲🇾 Malaysia
<5%
25 Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary 🇲🇾 Malaysia
<5%

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Scarlet Minivet in Kinabalu Park?

About 1% of wildlife watchers report a Scarlet Minivet sighting in Kinabalu Park, based on 20 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Scarlet Minivet in Kinabalu Park?

May has the highest sighting rate for Scarlet Minivet in Kinabalu Park in our monthly data.

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