# Blue-winged minla (*Actinodura cyanouroptera*)

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The blue-winged minla (Actinodura cyanouroptera) is a bird in the family Leiothrichidae, within the songbirds and other perching birds. Adults typically weigh about 17 g, which places it in the small size class. It is an invertivore with a perching lifestyle, lives in forest and is sedentary.

## Quick facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Weight | 16.5 g – 17 g |
| Length | Not recorded |
| Lifespan | Not recorded |
| Diet | Invertivore |
| Main food | Not recorded |
| Habitat | forest |
| Young per litter or clutch | 3 |
| Lifestyle | Perching |
| Migration | Sedentary |
| Conservation status | Not recorded |
| Countries on record | Not recorded |

## Introduced range

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists it as introduced in 1 country. Introduced: United Kingdom. Source: https://griis.org/ (CC BY 4.0).

## Classification

- kingdom: Animalia
- phylum: Chordata
- class: Aves
- order: Passeriformes
- family: Leiothrichidae
- genus: Actinodura
- species: *Actinodura cyanouroptera* (Hodgson, 1837)

Synonyms: *Minla cyanouroptera*, *Siva cyanouroptera*

## Common questions

### What kind of animal is the blue-winged minla?

The blue-winged minla is a bird in the family Leiothrichidae, in the order Passeriformes. It belongs to the songbirds and other perching birds.

### How much does a blue-winged minla weigh?

Adults typically weigh about 17 g. The sheet places it in the small size class.

### What does the blue-winged minla eat?

Its diet category is invertivore, and its trophic level is omnivore.

### What habitat does the blue-winged minla live in?

It lives in forest. Its lifestyle is perching, and it is sedentary.

### Who named Actinodura cyanouroptera?

The scientific name authority is (Hodgson, 1837). The species is also called the blue-winged siva.

### Is the blue-winged minla an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the blue-winged minla as introduced in 1 country: United Kingdom, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

## Sources

- [An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles](https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1), 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](https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7), 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](https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/316691), 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](https://commons.wikimedia.org), 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).
- [Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (GRIIS)](https://griis.org/), CC BY 4.0, 2026-11-13. Pagad, S., Genovesi, P., Carnevali, L., Schigel, D. & McGeoch, M.A. (2018) Introducing the Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species. Scientific Data 5: 170202. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.202. Country checklists published through GBIF by the IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group.
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org), CC0 1.0, 2026-11-11. Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service).
- [Wikipedia (English)](https://en.wikipedia.org), 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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