I was surprised to see Scarlet Minivet in the centre of Sheung Shui last week.
I agree with Mike that this is generally a forest edge/shrubland species, unlike Grey-chinned Minivet. Perhaps this year conditions are favourable and it is using a wider variety of sites.
I wrote the account of this species for the Winter Atlas recently. The Winter Atlas results actually contradict the suggested increase. Scarlet Minivet was recorded from almost exactly the same number of 1km squares as during the Breeding Atlas, with concentrations in the central and north-east NT. This is very different from Grey-chinned which (based on the Winter Atlas results) has increased considerably and was largely restricted to the central NT but was considerably commoner than Scarlet.
