Blue-winged minla | |
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At Nalni, Uttarakhand, India | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Leiothrichidae |
Genus: | Minla |
Species: | M. cyanouroptera |
Binomial name | |
Minla cyanouroptera (Hodgson, 1837) |
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Synonyms | |
Siva cyanouroptera |
Siva cyanouroptera
The blue-winged minla (Minla 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 instead of the monotypic Siva.
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.