Profile
In flight
Songbirds
Gray-chinned Minivet
Pericrocotus solaris
- epic
- 65 km/h
- Least Concern
A spark of orange and slate that drifts in chattering parties through the cloud-forest canopy. Smaller and more delicate than the better-known scarlet minivets.
- Population
- common but patchy across montane Asia from the Himalaya to Taiwan
- Habitat
- evergreen and montane broadleaf forest canopy, 800-2500 m
- Diet
- canopy insects, caterpillars, small spiders
- Size
- 0.18 m
- Wingspan
- 0.25 m
