Blue-winged Minla

Blue-winged Minla

Minla cyanouroptera

Silhouette: Jiekun He · PhyloPic

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible
at Kunming

In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%

60 Verified sightings at Kunming
1,122 In all 5 parks From 2019 to 2026
September Best month
🌅 Crepuscular When it's spotted

About 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. Wikipedia →

Sounds

Recording1:02

Hong Kong SAR China · 2023

© Carolus Kwok · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0

Recording0:20

China · 2024

© Chengqian Zheng · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Royal Manas National Park 🇧🇹 Bhutan
~20%
2 Doi Inthanon National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
~20%
3 Jim Corbett National Park 🇮🇳 India
~10%
4 Namdapha National Park 🇮🇳 India
~10%
5 Manas National Park 🇮🇳 India
~10%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Guiyang 🇨🇳 China
~50%
2 Kunming 🇨🇳 China
~20%
3 Chongqing 🇨🇳 China
~10%
4 Hong Kong 🇨🇳 China
<5%
5 Chengdu 🇨🇳 China
<5%
6 Tuen Mun 🇨🇳 China
<5%
7 Kathmandu 🇳🇵 Nepal
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Blue-winged Minla in Kunming?

Possible

About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-winged Minla sighting in Kunming on a given day, based on 60 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 24th most-seen of the 99 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Blue-winged Minla in Kunming?

February, July and September–October

In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-winged Minla in Kunming on a given day, against about 20% in March–June, August and November–January, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Blue-winged Minla?

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.

Is Kunming the best place to see a Blue-winged Minla?

2nd of 7

Of the 7 cities where we can rate Blue-winged Minla sightings, Kunming ranks 2nd at about 20%. The best odds are in Guiyang (China, about 50%).

Where does the Blue-winged Minla sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Blue-winged Minla is recorded against all the birds logged in Kunming (60 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.

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