Blue-winged minla
| Blue-winged minla | |
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| Specie from 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) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Siva cyanouroptera | |
The blue-winged minla (Minla cyanouroptera), also known as the blue-winged siva, is a species of bird in the Leiothrichidae family. 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, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Minla cyanouroptera". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- 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.
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