Minla cyanouroptera
Silhouette: Jiekun He · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
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
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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 |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-winged Minla sighting in Doi Inthanon National Park on a given day, based on 456 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 92nd most-seen of the 367 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-winged Minla in Doi Inthanon National Park on a given day, against about 10% in March and August–December, the lowest months. That is one of Doi Inthanon National Park's wettest months, with about 270 mm of rain against 20 mm in February.
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.
Among the best
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Blue-winged Minla sightings, Doi Inthanon National Park ranks 2nd at about 20%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Royal Manas National Park (Bhutan, about 20%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Blue-winged Minla is recorded against all the birds logged in Doi Inthanon National Park (456 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
