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Flame or Scarlet Minivet

Pericrocotus [flammeus or speciosus] (= Pericrocotus flammeus) (Forster, JR 1781)

The Orange Minivet is a brightly colored bird in the cuckooshrike family, Campephagidae. It is found all along the Western Ghats and west coast of India and Sri Lanka. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the Scarlet Minivet which is considered to have a wider distribution in Eastern and Northern India and South-east Asia. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. The Orange Minivet is a species resident in Southern India and Sri Lanka, that feeds primarily on insects while foraging in mixed-species bird flocks or in small single-species groups. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Campephagidae
Genus:
   Pericrocotus
Scientific:
  Pericrocotus flammeus

Original description

Citation:
  (Forster, JR 1781)

Reference:
   Indische Zool.

Protonym:
  Muscicapa flammea

Type locality:
  no locality given = Ceylon; cf. Whistler and Kinnear, 1933, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc, 36, p. 341, footnote.

Link:
  http://digital.onb.ac.at/OnbViewer/viewer.faces?doc=ABO_%2BZ178506502

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  7F97F882BC01CDC3

Avibase ID:
  avibase-7F97F882

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/7F97F882

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 561919

Geographic range:

  • Pericrocotus flammeus: western peninsular India (southeastern Gujarat south through the Western Ghats, and southwestern Eastern Ghats in Tamil Nadu) and Sri Lanka
  • Pericrocotus speciosus speciosus: Himalayas (Kashmir to e Assam); >n India
  • Pericrocotus speciosus fohkiensis: SE China (Hunan, Fujian, Guangdong and Guangxi)
  • Pericrocotus speciosus [fraterculus or elegans]: northeastern India (Assam south of the Brahmaputra River), northern Myanmar, southern China (Yunnan, Hainan), and northern Indochina
  • Pericrocotus speciosus semiruber: SE India (E Ghats) to s Myanmar, Thailand and n Indochina
  • Pericrocotus speciosus flammifer: S Myanmar to sw Thailand and n Malay Peninsula
  • Pericrocotus speciosus xanthogaster: S Malaya, Sumatra, Bangka and Belitung islands
  • Pericrocotus speciosus andamanensis: Andaman Islands
  • Pericrocotus speciosus minythomelas: Simeulue I. (off Sumatra)
  • Pericrocotus speciosus modiglianii: Enggano I. (off Sumatra)
  • Pericrocotus speciosus insulanus: Borneo
  • Pericrocotus speciosus leytensis: C Philippines (Samar and Leyte)
  • Pericrocotus speciosus novus: N Philippines (Luzon and Negros)
  • Pericrocotus speciosus exul: Lombok (Lesser Sundas)
  • Pericrocotus speciosus siebersi: Java and Bali
  • Pericrocotus speciosus marchesae: Jolo Group (Sulu Archipelago)
  • Pericrocotus speciosus johnstoniae: Mt. Apo, Mindanao (s Philippines)
  • Pericrocotus speciosus gonzalesi: n and e Mindanao (s Philippines)
  • Pericrocotus speciosus nigroluteus: s Mindanao (s Philippines)
  • Show more...
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Flame or Scarlet Minivet
French:
Grand Minivet ou M. écarlate

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Flame or Scarlet Minivet ( Pericrocotus [flammeus or speciosus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Flame or Scarlet Minivet ( Pericrocotus [flammeus or speciosus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Flame or Scarlet Minivet ( Pericrocotus [flammeus or speciosus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Flame or Scarlet Minivet ( Pericrocotus [flammeus or speciosus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Flame or Scarlet Minivet ( Pericrocotus [flammeus or speciosus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Flame or Scarlet Minivet ( Pericrocotus [flammeus or speciosus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Flame or Scarlet Minivet ( Pericrocotus [flammeus or speciosus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Flame or Scarlet Minivet ( Pericrocotus [flammeus or speciosus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Flame or Scarlet Minivet ( Pericrocotus [flammeus or speciosus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Flame or Scarlet Minivet ( Pericrocotus [flammeus or speciosus])
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Scarlet Minivet ( Pericrocotus flammeus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Scarlet Minivet ( Pericrocotus flammeus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Scarlet Minivet ( Pericrocotus flammeus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Scarlet Minivet ( Pericrocotus flammeus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Scarlet Minivet ( Pericrocotus flammeus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Scarlet Minivet ( Pericrocotus flammeus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Scarlet Minivet ( Pericrocotus flammeus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Scarlet Minivet ( Pericrocotus flammeus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Scarlet Minivet ( Pericrocotus flammeus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Scarlet Minivet ( Pericrocotus flammeus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Scarlet Minivet ( Pericrocotus flammeus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Scarlet Minivet ( Pericrocotus flammeus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Scarlet Minivet ( Pericrocotus flammeus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Scarlet Minivet ( Pericrocotus flammeus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Scarlet Minivet ( Pericrocotus flammeus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Scarlet Minivet ( Pericrocotus flammeus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Scarlet Minivet ( Pericrocotus flammeus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Scarlet Minivet ( Pericrocotus flammeus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Scarlet Minivet ( Pericrocotus flammeus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Scarlet Minivet ( Pericrocotus flammeus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Scarlet Minivet ( Pericrocotus flammeus) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Grand Minivet ( Pericrocotus flammeus) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Grand Minivet ( Pericrocotus flammeus) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
Scarlet Minivet ( Pericrocotus flammeus) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition:
Scarlet Minivet ( Pericrocotus flammeus) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
Scarlet Minivet ( Pericrocotus flammeus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Scarlet Minivet ( Pericrocotus flammeus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Scarlet Minivet ( Pericrocotus flammeus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Scarlet Minivet ( Pericrocotus flammeus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Scarlet Minivet ( Pericrocotus flammeus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Scarlet Minivet ( Pericrocotus flammeus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Scarlet Minivet ( Pericrocotus flammeus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Scarlet Minivet ( Pericrocotus flammeus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
Scarlet Minivet ( Pericrocotus flammeus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Scarlet Minivet ( Pericrocotus flammeus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Scarlet Minivet ( Pericrocotus flammeus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Scarlet Minivet ( Pericrocotus flammeus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Scarlet Minivet ( Pericrocotus flammeus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Scarlet Minivet ( Pericrocotus flammeus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Scarlet Minivet ( Pericrocotus flammeus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
Scarlet Minivet ( Pericrocotus flammeus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
Scarlet Minivet ( Pericrocotus flammeus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
Scarlet Minivet ( Pericrocotus flammeus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Scarlet Minivet ( Pericrocotus flammeus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Scarlet Minivet ( Pericrocotus flammeus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Scarlet Minivet ( Pericrocotus flammeus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Scarlet Minivet ( Pericrocotus flammeus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Scarlet Minivet ( Pericrocotus flammeus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Scarlet Minivet ( Pericrocotus flammeus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Scarlet Minivet ( Pericrocotus flammeus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Scarlet Minivet ( Pericrocotus flammeus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Scarlet Minivet ( Pericrocotus flammeus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Scarlet Minivet ( Pericrocotus flammeus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Scarlet Minivet ( Pericrocotus flammeus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Scarlet Minivet ( Pericrocotus flammeus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Scarlet Minivet ( Pericrocotus flammeus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Scarlet Minivet ( Pericrocotus flammeus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Scarlet Minivet ( Pericrocotus flammeus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Scarlet Minivet ( Pericrocotus flammeus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Scarlet Minivet ( Pericrocotus flammeus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Scarlet Minivet ( Pericrocotus flammeus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Scarlet Minivet ( Pericrocotus flammeus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Scarlet Minivet ( Pericrocotus flammeus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
Scarlet Minivet ( Pericrocotus flammeus) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Scarlet Minivet ( Pericrocotus flammeus) [version 1]
Oriental Bird Club:
Scarlet Minivet ( Pericrocotus flammeus) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Pericrocotus flammeus [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Pericrocotus flammeus [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Pericrocotus flammeus [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Scarlet Minivet ( Pericrocotus flammeus) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Scarlet Minivet ( Pericrocotus flammeus) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Scarlet Minivet ( Pericrocotus flammeus) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03:
Scarlet Minivet ( Pericrocotus flammeus) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024):
Scarlet Minivet ( Pericrocotus flammeus) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Pericrocotus flammeus [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

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Bengali: সিঁদুরে সাহেলি
Catalan: minivet dàuric
Czech: Suríkovec ohnivý, suříkovec šarlatový
Danish: Skarlagenminivet, Skarlagenrød Minivet
German: Scharlachmennigvogel, Scharlach-Mennigvogel
English: Flame Minivet, Flame or Scarlet Minivet, Indian Minivet, Scarlet Minivet
Spanish: Minivet Escarlata, Minivete Rojo
Finnish: Pilkkaminivetti
French: Grand Minivet, Grand Minivet ou M. écarlate, Orange Minivet
Hungarian: tükrös míniummadár
Indonesian: Burung sepah hutan, Sepah Hutan
Italian: Minivet scarlatto, Uccello di fiamma scarlatto
Japanese (romaji): hi-iro sanshō-kui, hiirosanshoukui
Japanese: ヒイロサンショウクイ
Japanese (Kanji): 緋色山椒喰
Scientific: Muscicapa flammea, Pericrocotus [flammeus or speciosus], Pericrocotus flammeus, Pericrocotus flammeus flammeus, Pericrocotus speciosus, Pericrocotus speciosus speciosus, Turdus melanopyrrhus, Turdus speciosus
Lithuanian: Rusvasis ilgauodegis vikšraleys
Malayalam: തീക്കുരുവി 
Malay: Burung Mas Belukar, Burung Matahari, Burung Matahari Besar
Nepali: रानीचरी
Dutch: Scharlaken Menievogel
Norwegian: Skarlagenmønjefugl
Polish: purpurek ognisty, Purpurek szkarłatny
Pinyin: chì-hóng shān-jiāo-niǎo
Portuguese: Minivete-escarlate
Russian: Огненнобрюхий длиннохвостый личинкоед
Sinhalese (Transliteration): Dilirath Miniviththa
Slovak: Húseničiarka ohnivá, pestrec ohnivý
Swedish: Eldminivett
Tamil: Min Chittu
Thai: นกพญาไฟใหญ่
Thai (Transliteration): nók pʰa-yaa fay yày
Ukrainian: Личинкоїд іржастий
Vietnamese: Chim Phường chèo đỏ lớn
Chinese: 赤紅山椒鳥, 赤红山椒鸟
Chinese (Traditional): 赤紅山椒鳥

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