Orange Minivet
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Orange Minivet

Pericrocotus flammeus

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
30–40% · Possible
overall probability at Nagarhole National Park
510 Verified records at Nagarhole National Park
February 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 Nagarhole National Park, based on 510 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Nagarhole National Park

Small Minivet
LC

Small Minivet

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Pericrocotus cinnamomeus

30–40% · Possible
Large Cuckoo-shrike
LC

Large Cuckoo-shrike

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Coracina macei

10–20% · With luck
Black-headed Cuckooshrike

Black-headed Cuckooshrike

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Coracina melanoptera

5–10% · With luck
Red-whiskered Bulbul
LC

Red-whiskered Bulbul

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Pycnonotus jocosus

60–70% · Likely
Greater Racket-tailed Drongo
LC

Greater Racket-tailed Drongo

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Dicrurus paradiseus

50–60% · Likely
Jungle Myna
LC

Jungle Myna

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Acridotheres fuscus

50–60% · Likely
Oriental Magpie-Robin
LC

Oriental Magpie-Robin

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Copsychus saularis

50–60% · Likely
Large-billed Crow
LC

Large-billed Crow

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Corvus macrorhynchos

50–60% · Likely
Black Drongo
LC Endemic

Black Drongo

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Dicrurus macrocercus

40–50% · Likely
Jungle Babbler

Jungle Babbler

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Turdoides striata

40–50% · Likely
Southern Hill Myna
LC

Southern Hill Myna

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Gracula indica

40–50% · Likely
Purple-rumped Sunbird
LC

Purple-rumped Sunbird

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Leptocoma zeylonica

40–50% · Likely

📅 Monthly Probability

20–30
Jan
50–60
Feb
20–30
Mar
30–40
Apr
20–30
May
30–40
Jun
30–40
Jul
20–30
Aug
30–40
Sep
50–60
Oct
10–20
Nov
20–30
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 Nagarhole National Park?

About 36% of wildlife watchers report a Orange Minivet sighting in Nagarhole National Park, based on 510 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

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

February has the highest sighting rate for Orange Minivet in Nagarhole National Park in our monthly data.

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