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Date: 2022

Location: Sattal, Uttarakhand

Did you know?

The Scarlet Minivet is a small passerine bird found in tropical southern Asia from Northeast India to southern China, Indonesia, and the Philippines. They are common resident breeding birds in forests and other well-wooded habitats including gardens, especially in hilly country. While the male of most subspecies is scarlet to orange with black upper parts, the females are usually yellow with greyish olive upper parts.

About the picture

While doing field birding in Sattal, this female Scarlet Minivet came and sat on this tender foliage early in the morning and offered a nice opportunity to photograph her in glorious light.

Fun Fact

The Scarlet Minivet flushes insects out of foliage by beating its wings hard.