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Pericrocotus roseus
Rare visitor: recorded only occasionally in this country
Diet
Invertebrates
Habitat
Subtropical or tropical moist lowland and montane forest
Range
Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand and Vietnam; in India across the Himalaya to Arunachal Pradesh and the hills of Nagaland and Manipur, and in winter the peninsula
The rosy minivet is distinguished from other minivets by the male's deep pink or light red shade in the wings and tail, and by the female's olive or olive-yellow rump, against bright yellow in other minivets. Both sexes are grey above. In India it is found in the Himalaya from west to east to Arunachal Pradesh and the hills of Nagaland and Manipur, and in winter in the peninsula (Wikipedia, general species account).
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and moist montane forest. The cached account gives no measurements or breeding information. SoIB 2023 rates it a Low conservation priority, a resident and local migrant forest bird that eats invertebrates, with a Moderate range of about 47,500 km² and insufficient data on trends (Wikipedia, general species account; SoIB 2023).