Scarlet Minivet (Pericrocotus flammeus)

Birding Life List
Written By Jon
Female Scarlet Minivet (Pericrocotus flammeus) near Munnar, Kerala, India. February 2015. Not baited. Not called in.

Female Scarlet Minivet (Pericrocotus flammeus) near Munnar, Kerala, India. February 2015. Not baited. Not called in.

Male Scarlet Minivet (Pericrocotus flammeus) in Kerala, India. February 2015. Not baited. Not called in.

Male Scarlet Minivet (Pericrocotus flammeus) in Kerala, India. February 2015. Not baited. Not called in.

 The male and the female Scarlet Minivet (Pericrocotus flammeus) look pretty different. It is easy to distinguish them : the male has a scarlet orange red plumage, the female has a yellow plumage. 

Love Nature.
Jonathan

Jon
Previous

Vernal Hanging-parrot (Loriculus vernalis) / 11.02.2015
Next

Malabar Whistling-thrush (Myophonus horsfieldii)