Small Minivet

Small Minivet

Pericrocotus cinnamomeus

Silhouette: PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR
Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Indore

In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%

40 Verified sightings at Indore
7,385 In all 25 parks From 2019 to 2026
April Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Small Minivet

The small minivet (Pericrocotus cinnamomeus) is a small passerine bird. This minivet is found in tropical southern Asia from the Indian subcontinent east to Indonesia. The small minivet is 16 cm long with a strong dark beak and long wings. The male differs from most other common minivets by having grey, not glossy black, upperparts and head, and orange underparts, fading to yellow on the belly, orange tail edges, rump and wing patches.

The female is grey above, with yellow underparts (including the face), tail edges, rump and wing patches. There is much racial variation. The female of the southern race is also brighter yellow below. The small minivet is a widespread and common resident breeding bird in thorn jungle and scrub. The nest is a cup-like structure into which two to four spotted eggs are laid and incubated by the female.

This minivet catches insects in trees by flycatching or while... Wikipedia →

Sounds

Call0:58

India · 2025

© Peter Boesman · XC1030733 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Song0:39

Thailand · 2025

© Peter Ericsson · XC975765 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Call0:39

Indonesia · 2022

© Geoff Carey · XC737847 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Sundarbans National Park 🇮🇳 India
~50%
2 Gir National Park 🇮🇳 India
~50%
3 Mudumalai National Park 🇮🇳 India
~40%
4 Bali Barat National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~40%
5 Minneriya National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
~30%
6 Bandhavgarh National Park 🇮🇳 India
~30%
7 Yala National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
~30%
8 Nagarhole National Park 🇮🇳 India
~30%
9 Udawalawe National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
~30%
10 Bandipur National Park 🇮🇳 India
~30%
11 Satpura National Park 🇮🇳 India
~30%
12 Ranthambore National Park 🇮🇳 India
~20%
13 Royal Bardia National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
~20%
14 Wilpattu National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
~20%
15 Kanha National Park 🇮🇳 India
~20%
16 Periyar National Park 🇮🇳 India
~20%
17 Sinharaja Forest Reserve 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
~10%
18 Jim Corbett National Park 🇮🇳 India
~10%
19 Chitwan National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
~10%
20 Manas National Park 🇮🇳 India
~10%
21 Doi Inthanon National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
<5%
22 Eravikulam National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
23 Horton Plains National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
<5%
24 Kaziranga National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
25 Keoladeo National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Surakarta 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~40%
2 Jakarta 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~30%
3 Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar 🇮🇳 India
~30%
4 Savar 🇧🇩 Bangladesh
~20%
5 Semarang 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~20%
6 Pune 🇮🇳 India
~20%
7 Mysuru 🇮🇳 India
~20%
8 Thrissur 🇮🇳 India
~20%
9 Nagpur 🇮🇳 India
~20%
10 Hyderabad 🇮🇳 India
~20%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Small Minivet in Indore?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Small Minivet sighting in Indore on a given day, based on 40 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 115th most-seen of the 172 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Small Minivet in Indore?

March–April, June, August and November–December

In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Small Minivet in Indore on a given day, against under 5% in January–February, May, July and September–October, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Small Minivet?

Between 7 and 10 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Small Minivet sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Is Indore the best place to see a Small Minivet?

19th of 37

Of the 37 cities where we can rate Small Minivet sightings, Indore ranks 19th at about 10%. The best odds are in Surakarta (Indonesia, about 40%), Jakarta (Indonesia, about 30%) and Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (India, about 30%).

Where does the Small Minivet sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Small Minivet is recorded against all the birds logged in Indore (40 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.

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