Blue-winged minla
Actinodura cyanouroptera (Hodgson, 1837)
Status not recordedsongbirds
The blue-winged minla (Actinodura cyanouroptera) is a species in the family Leiothrichidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 16.5 g to 17 g.
Quick facts about the blue-winged minla
- Weight
- 16.5 g – 17 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Invertivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 3src for Young per litter or clutch
- Lifestyle
- Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Sedentarysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Photos of the blue-winged minla
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Where does the blue-winged minla live?
Not recorded
What is the blue-winged minla?
The blue-winged minla (Actinodura 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 and also in 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.
From the Wikipedia article “Blue-winged minla” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blue-winged_minla&oldid=1329491231), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.
Is the blue-winged minla endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the blue-winged minla classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyLeiothrichidae
- genusActinodura
- SpeciesActinodura cyanouroptera (Hodgson, 1837)
Synonyms Minla cyanouroptera, Siva cyanouroptera
Other names and names in other languages (35)
- Blue-winged sivaEnglish
- timálie modroperáCzech
- Blåvinget MinlaDanish
- BlauflügelsivaGerman
- bluflugila leiotrikoEsperanto
- Siva aliazulSpanish
- Minla AliazulSpanish
- siniminlaFinnish
- Siva à ailes bleuesFrench
- Actinodure à ailes bleuesFrench
- plavorepi drozićCroatian
- kékfarkú minlaHungarian
- Minla aliazzurreItalian
- ルリハコバシチメドリJapanese
- sivaLithuanian
- zilspārnu minlaLatvian
- नीलपंख मिन्लाNepali
- BlauwvleugelminlaDutch
- blåvingeminlaNorwegian
- prążkopiór modroskrzydłyPolish
- asa-malhada-azulPortuguese
- síbia-d'asa-azulPortuguese
- Синекрылый шиваRussian
- Синекрылая минлаRussian
- prúžkavec belasýSlovak
- Plavokrila minlaSerbian
- blåstjärtad sivaSwedish
- blåstjärtad bandvingeSwedish
- นกศิวะปีกสีฟ้าThai
- Mavi Kanatlı MinlaTurkish
- сіваUkrainian
- Khướu lùn cánh xanhVietnamese
- 蓝翅希鹛Chinese
- 藍翅希鶥Chinese
- 藍翅希鶥Chinese
Relatives of the blue-winged minla
Other species in the same genus Actinodura.
Rusty-fronted barwing
Actinodura egertoni
Taiwan barwing
Actinodura morrisoniana
Hoary-throated barwing
Actinodura nipalensis
Streak-throated barwing
Actinodura waldeni
Spectacled barwing
Actinodura ramsayi
Streaked barwing
Actinodura souliei
CompareBlue-winged minla vs Rusty-fronted barwingBlue-winged minla vs Taiwan barwingBlue-winged minla vs Hoary-throated barwingBlue-winged minla vs Streak-throated barwing
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the blue-winged minla?
An adult blue-winged minla weighs 16.5 g – 17 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the blue-winged minla?
The blue-winged minla (Actinodura cyanouroptera) belongs to the family Leiothrichidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Wikimedia Commons · per file (CC0 / public domain / CC BY green, CC BY-SA amber, anything else not displayed) · 2026-11-11
Wikimedia Commons contributors. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org (each file credited to its author under its own licence). - Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service). - Wikipedia (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikipedia contributors. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org (text under CC BY-SA 4.0; each block names its article and revision).
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