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title: "Scarlet Minivet"
description: "Pericrocotus speciosus — Birds. The scarlet minivet (Pericrocotus speciosus) is a small passerine bird in the cuckooshrike family Campephagidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/scarlet-minivet
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Scarlet Minivet

> Pericrocotus speciosus — Birds. The scarlet minivet (Pericrocotus speciosus) is a small passerine bird in the cuckooshrike family Campephagidae.

- Scientific name: *Pericrocotus speciosus*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest), `urban` (Towns & gardens)
- iNaturalist observations: 4633
- Wikidata: [Q12265751](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12265751)
- iNaturalist taxon: [339679](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/339679)

## Names

- en: Scarlet Minivet
- de: Purpurmennigvogel
- es: Minivet Escarlata
- fr: Minivet écarlate
- nl: Scharlaken menievogel
- pl: Purpurek szkarłatny

## Countries with the most observations

HK (1042), IN (776), CN (539), TH (350), MY (234), VN (216), ID (212), NP (99), BT (62), PH (50), KH (28), MM (16)

## Summary

The scarlet minivet (Pericrocotus speciosus) is a small passerine bird in the cuckooshrike family Campephagidae. This minivet is 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 are scarlet to orange with black upper parts, the females are usually yellow with greyish olive upper parts. Several former subspecies have been elevated to a species status in recent works. These include the orange minivet…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarlet_minivet

## Photo

![Scarlet Minivet](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/scarlet-minivet/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/212250006

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/scarlet-minivet?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).