Minla cyanouroptera
Silhouette: Jiekun He · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
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. Wikipedia →
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Hong Kong SAR China · 2023
© Carolus Kwok · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0
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China · 2024
© Chengqian Zheng · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Royal Manas National Park | 🇧🇹 Bhutan | |
| 2 | Doi Inthanon National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 3 | Jim Corbett National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Namdapha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Manas National Park | 🇮🇳 India |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-winged Minla sighting in Hong Kong on a given day, based on 91 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 72nd most-seen of the 204 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
December and January
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-winged Minla in Hong Kong on a given day, against under 5% in February to November, the lowest months. Those are among Hong Kong's driest months, with about 30 mm of rain a month against 280 mm in June.
Between 2 and 5 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Blue-winged Minla sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
4th of 7
Of the 7 cities where we can rate Blue-winged Minla sightings, Hong Kong ranks 4th at under 5%. The best odds are in Guiyang (China, about 50%), Kunming (China, about 20%) and Chongqing (China, about 10%).
Same family: Leiothrichidae
The closest relatives of the Blue-winged Minla that you can see in Hong Kong (family Leiothrichidae, Laughingthrushes and Allies) are Masked Laughingthrush (about 40%), Black-throated Laughingthrush (about 30%) and Chinese Hwamei (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Blue-winged Minla is recorded against all the birds logged in Hong Kong (91 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
