White-bellied Minivet

The white-bellied minivet is 18.5–20 cm long. The male has a shiny black head, neck, tail and mantle, with a white collar, an orange throat, white underparts and an orange rump, and white markings on the wings. It is native to Nepal and India, mostly in dry deciduous forest, but also inhabits open savanna with sparse acacia, dry grasslands and agricultural land (Wikipedia, general species account).

It usually moves in small groups, sometimes joining other species, and feeds mainly on insects caught in flight or from perches in the canopy. It nests high in the tree tops, usually laying four eggs incubated for 17 to 18 days, mainly by the female, though both birds help raise the young. SoIB 2023 treats it as endemic to mainland India and rates it a Moderate conservation priority, with a Moderate range of about 217,500 km² and insufficient data on trends (Wikipedia, general species account; SoIB 2023).