The Orange Minivet, Male Nilgiris, Dec 2014 Was Very Very Lucky to click it at an Eye Level..... As per Wiki - The Orange Minivets are common resident breeding birds in forests and other well-wooded habitats including gardens, especially in hilly country. While the males have black upperparts and head, and orange underparts, tail edges, rump and wing patches; the females are grey above, with yellow underparts (including the face), tail edges, rump and wing patches. The minivet is 20 to 22 cm long with a strong dark beak and long wings. The minivet catches insects in trees by flycatching or while perched. It flushes insects out of foliage by beating its wings hard. Its song is a pleasant whistling. This bird nests high up in the treetops & are rarely seen down below. It was was formerly considered a subspecies of the The Scarlet Minivet (Pericrocotus speciosus) but has been elevated to species status in recent works.
Posted on: Wed, 21 Jan 2015 01:59:56 +0000
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