Species profile
Scarlet Minivet
Pericrocotus flammeus
Quick answer
western peninsular India (southeastern Gujarat south through the Western Ghats, and southwestern Eastern Ghats in Tamil Nadu) and Sri Lanka
- Scientific name
- Pericrocotus flammeus
- Family
- Campephagidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Pericrocotus
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Scarlet Minivet in your journal
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Related species in Campephagidae
- Andaman Cuckooshrike (Coracina dobsoni)
- Ashy Minivet (Pericrocotus divaricatus)
- Bar-bellied Cuckooshrike (Coracina striata)
- Barred Cuckooshrike (Coracina lineata)
- Black Cicadabird (Edolisoma melan)
- Black Cicadabird (Coracina melas)
- Black Cuckooshrike (Campephaga flava)
- Black-bellied Cicadabird (Coracina holopolia)