Scientific Name: Pericrocotus cinnamomeus Common Name: Small Minivet
Identifying Features: grey head, back, and upper-parts, orange underparts, yellow on the belly, orange tail edges
Fun Facts:
- The small minivet will form small flocks. Its call is a high, thin swee swee swee.
- The nest is a cup-like structure into which two to four spotted eggs are laid and incubated by the female.
This image was clicked by Neil Cairns – via Flickr.
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