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ForestCup nestSmall · 19 g
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The male is distinguished from other minivets by having a deep pink/light red shade in wings and tail and the female having an olive/olive yellow rump as against bright yellow in other minivets. Both male and female are grey above.
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When to see the Rosy Minivet
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 9 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Rosy Minivet
The map shades 10 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Malaysia.
About the Rosy Minivet
The rosy minivet is a species of bird in the family Campephagidae. It is omnivorous.
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Easily confused with
Short-billed MinivetPericrocotus brevirostrisThe short-billed minivet is a species of bird in the family Campephagidae.
Swinhoe's MinivetPericrocotus cantonensisSwinhoe's minivet or the brown-rumped minivet is a bird in the cuckooshrike family, Campephagidae.
Fiery MinivetPericrocotus igneusThe fiery minivet is 15–16.5 cm (5.9–6.5 in) long.
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