Blue-winged minla

Blue-winged minla
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

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.

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