Orange Minivet
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Orange Minivet

Pericrocotus flammeus

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
60–70% · Likely
overall probability at Sinharaja Forest Reserve
876 Verified records at Sinharaja Forest Reserve
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 →

60–70% of wildlife watchers report a Orange Minivet sighting in Sinharaja Forest Reserve, based on 876 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Sinharaja Forest Reserve

Small Minivet
LC

Small Minivet

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Pericrocotus cinnamomeus

5–10% · With luck
Black-headed Cuckooshrike

Black-headed Cuckooshrike

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Coracina melanoptera

10–20% · With luck
Large Cuckoo-shrike
LC

Large Cuckoo-shrike

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Coracina macei

<5% · Rare
Square-tailed Bulbul
LC Endemic

Square-tailed Bulbul

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Hypsipetes ganeesa

70–80% · Very likely
Orange-billed Babbler

Orange-billed Babbler

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Turdoides rufescens

60–70% · Likely
Sri Lanka Drongo
LC

Sri Lanka Drongo

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Dicrurus lophorinus

60–70% · Likely
White-bellied Drongo
LC Endemic

White-bellied Drongo

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Dicrurus caerulescens

60–70% · Likely
Black-capped Bulbul

Black-capped Bulbul

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Pycnonotus melanicterus

50–60% · Likely
Ceylon Magpie
VU

Ceylon Magpie

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Urocissa ornata

50–60% · Likely
Pale-billed Flowerpecker
LC Endemic

Pale-billed Flowerpecker

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Dicaeum erythrorhynchos

50–60% · Likely
Ceylon Myna
NT

Ceylon Myna

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Gracula ptilogenys

50–60% · Likely
Purple-rumped Sunbird
LC

Purple-rumped Sunbird

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Leptocoma zeylonica

50–60% · Likely

📅 Monthly Probability

60–70
Jan
60–70
Feb
50–60
Mar
60–70
Apr
60–70
May
50–60
Jun
40–50
Jul
50–60
Aug
60–70
Sep
60–70
Oct
50–60
Nov
60–70
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 Sinharaja Forest Reserve?

About 60% of wildlife watchers report a Orange Minivet sighting in Sinharaja Forest Reserve, based on 876 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Orange Minivet in Sinharaja Forest Reserve?

February has the highest sighting rate for Orange Minivet in Sinharaja Forest Reserve in our monthly data.

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