Small Minivet

Latin Name: 
Pericrocotus cinnamomeus
Size: 
15cm
Description: 

Male: dark grey head, back and throat; orange-yellow patch on black wings; black tail; flame-orange breast; orange-yellow belly and undertail. Female: paler above; orange rump; dusky white throat, breast tinged with yellow; yellowish belly and under tail. Pairs or small flocks; keep to tree-tops, actively moving amidst foliage; flutters and flits about in an untiring hunts for small insects, often in association with other small birds; also hunt flycatcher style.

Habitat: 
forests, groves, gardens, tree-dotted cultivation.
Food: 
chiefly insects; sometimes flower nectar.
Distribution: 
most of India, up to about 900m in outer Himalaya; absent in arid parts of Rajasthan.
Call: 
Call Description: 
soft, low swee…svee… notes uttered as birds hunt in foliage.
National Status: