Blue-winged minla

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Blue-winged minla
Blue-winged Minla Nalni Uttarakhand India 30.11.2014.jpg
At Nalni, Uttarakhand, India
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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. [2]

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. [3]

At Sattal, Kumaon, India Blue-winged siva at Sattal Kumaon India DSCN0359 1.jpg
At Sattal, Kumaon, India

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Siva cyanouroptera". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T22716576A94501013. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22716576A94501013.en . Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  2. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2023). "Laughingthrushes and allies". World Bird List. 13.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  3. 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.