A boldly patterned Asian cuckoo-shrike (songbird), the male of which is typically red and black, and the female yellow and grey.
山椒鸟
Genus Pericrocotus, family Campephagidae: several species
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The participants were divided into four groups - ‘bulbuls,’ ‘minivets, ‘shamas’ and ‘drongos’.
A short walk along the naval base yielded many interesting bird species including a pair of common grey hornbills, spotted owlets, small minivets, shikra & Common Iora to name a few.
It is common to see such rare birds as the blue-coated flycatcher, the crimson-breasted barbet, the scarlet minivet and even the Paradise flycatcher, and there is an abundance of Golden Oriole.
Across Asia, in our enthusiasm to subdue farm posts, we have unwittingly let loose a chemical war on all living things, including eagles and minivets.
A flash of red and black above and she whispers again, ‘Scarlet minivet!’
There were calls of Sunbirds, flowerpeckers, Ioras, drongos, minivets.