Biology:Blue-winged minla

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Short description: Species of bird

Blue-winged minla
Blue-winged Minla Nalni Uttarakhand India 30.11.2014.jpg
At Nalni, Uttarakhand, India
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Leiothrichidae
Genus: Actinodura
Species:
A. cyanouroptera
Binomial name
Actinodura cyanouroptera
(Hodgson, 1837)
Synonyms

Siva cyanouroptera
Minla cyanouroptera

The blue-winged minla (Actinodura cyanouroptera), also known as the blue-winged siva, is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae.

It has in the past been placed in the genus Minla and also in the monotypic Siva.[1]

It is found in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, ranging across Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India , Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.[2]

At Sattal, Kumaon, India

References

  1. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds (2023). "Laughingthrushes and allies". World Bird List. International Ornithologists' Union. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/laughingthrushes/. 
  2. Collar, N. J. & Robson C. 2007. Family Timaliidae (Babblers) pp. 70 – 291 in; del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. & Christie, D.A. eds. Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 12. Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.

Wikidata ☰ Q1442540 entry