LOCAL NAMES

• Dilirath Miniwiththa, දිලිරත් මිණිවිත්තා, मिनीवेट के बा, मिनिवेट, मिनीवेट, ಮಿನಿವೆಟ್, минивет, மினிவெட், మినివెట్,
• Gujarati : રાજાલાલ
• Malayalam : തീക്കുരുവി
• Marathi : नारिंगी गोमेट
• Tamil : குங்குமப் பூச்சிட்டு
• Dutch Oranje Menievogel
• English Orange Minivet
• English (United States) Orange Minivet
• French Grand Minivet
• French (France) Grand Minivet
• German Orangemennigvogel
• Icelandic Logamenja
• Japanese ヒイロサンショウクイ
• Malayalam തീക്കുരുവി
• Marathi नारिंगी गोमेद
• Norwegian flammemønjefugl
• Polish purpurek ognisty
• Russian Оранжевый личинкоед
• Slovak pestrec ohnivý
• Spanish Minivet Naranja
• Spanish (Spain) Minivet naranja
• Swedish eldminivett
• Turkish Turuncu Minivet
• Ukrainian Личинкоїд іржастий

DESCRIPTION

Pericrocotus flammeus, The Orange Minivet is a brightly colored bird in the cuckooshrike family. It is found all along the Western Ghats and west coast, Eastern and Northern India, Sri Lanka and South-east Asia. Male is decked out in black and orange-red, female in gray and yellow. Male lacks Small Minivet’s (Another Species) contrasting gray crown and back. Travels in flocks, sometimes mixed in with other species. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. Their calls are like … Locally named Dilirath Miniwiththa.