Minla

Minla
Bar-throated minla (Minla strigula)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Leiothrichidae
Genus:	Minla Hodgson, 1837
Species
Minla ignotincta Minla strigula Minla cyanouroptera

The bird genus Minla (from minla, Nepali for M. ignotincta)^[1] of the family Leiothrichidae is commonly used for three, most likely unrelated species. The genus is probably best split, with only the red-tailed minla (M. ignotincta) retained in the proposed monotypic genus.

The genus contains the following species:

• Red-tailed minla (Minla ignotincta)
• Bar-throated minla (Minla strigula)
• Blue-winged minla (Minla cyanouroptera)

References

1. Jobling, James A. (1991). A Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. Oxford University Press. p. 149. ISBN 0-19-854634-3.

• 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.