Rosy minivet

Rosy minivet
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Campephagidae
Genus:	Pericrocotus
Species:	P. roseus
Binomial name
Pericrocotus roseus (Vieillot, 1818)
Synonyms
Muscicapa rosea Vieillot, 1818

The rosy minivet (Pericrocotus roseus) is a species of bird in the family Campephagidae. It is omnivorous.^{[citation needed]}

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.

It is found in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, and Vietnam. In India, it is found in the Himalayas from west to east to Arunachal Pradesh and hills of Nagaland and Manipur. In winter in peninsula. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

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  Rosy minivet male, Maredumilli forest, Andhra Pradesh, India
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  Rosy minivet female, Maredumilli forest, Andhra Pradesh, India

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