Locally common breeding resident of open
forest and other wooded areas throughout the country while much common in hills.
It lives in pairs or family parties. Scarlet Minivet feeds on caterpillars,
crickets and other insects among foliage and follows one another from one tree
to other in 'follow my-leader' fashion. It breeds in February-May and again from August to September. The nest is a small cup in the canopy well camouflaged with
lichens, flakes of bark etc and composed with lichens bound together with
cobweb and lined with dead-leaf midribs, etc.
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What a beautiful pair!I like the red one best.Black and orange colour combination is highly striking.
ReplyDeleteWe saw a pair in our garden...
ReplyDeleteWhat's its Sinhala name...
දිලිරත් මිණිවිත්තා
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