orange minivet male (Pericrocotus flammeus)

orange minivet male and Female
 (Pericrocotus flammeus)
Periyar National Park
Thekkady
Kerala
June2017
Nikon Gears
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Male
 female

 This is a species of bird in the cuckooshrike family, Campephagidae. It is found in Sri Lanka and the western coast of India.[2] Its natural habitats are temperate forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the scarlet minivet

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