Blue-winged minla
Species of bird
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The blue-winged minla (Actinodura cyanouroptera), also known as the blue-winged siva, is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae.
| Blue-winged minla | |
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| Actinodura cyanouroptera in Lava, West Bengal, India. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Leiothrichidae |
| Genus: | Actinodura |
| Species: | A. cyanouroptera |
| Binomial name | |
| Actinodura cyanouroptera (Hodgson, 1837) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Siva cyanouroptera | |
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]
