Prakruti Parichay
CampephagidaePericrocotus

Ashy Minivet

Pericrocotus divaricatus

20–20 cmSmall
Beak
—
Feet
—
Crest
No crest

Winter visitor. Mainly Cand S India. Grey and white, lacking any yellow or red in plumage. in flight, shows whitish wing-bar. which is especially prominent on underwing. Male has black cap with white forehead. Female has grey 'cap', with black lores and narrow white forehead a ndsupercilium. Immature has little or no white on head, and has brownish-grey upperparts. white tips to tertials and greater coverts, and faint brownish scaling on neck sides and breast. Voice Flight call is more rasping than that of other minivets. an unmelodious ~hus-de... tchus-des-dee... tchus-des-dee. Light forest.

Colour

WhiteGreyBlackBrown
Average size
20 cm
Habitat
Light forest.
Behaviour
Winter visitor.

About this bird

Winter visitor. Mainly Cand S India. Grey and white, lacking any yellow or red in plumage. in flight, shows whitish wing-bar. which is especially prominent on underwing. Male has black cap with white forehead. Female has grey 'cap', with black lores and narrow white forehead a ndsupercilium. Immature has little or no white on head, and has brownish-grey upperparts. white tips to tertials and greater coverts, and faint brownish scaling on neck sides and breast. Voice Flight call is more rasping than that of other minivets. an unmelodious ~hus-de... tchus-des-dee... tchus-des-dee. Light forest.

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Ashy Minivet is bigger than Brown-fronted Woodpecker but smaller than Blyth's Starling.

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Ashy Minivet

Pericrocotus divaricatus

20–20 cm