Minla cyanouroptera
Silhouette: Jiekun He · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
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 |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-winged Minla sighting in Manas National Park on a given day, based on 85 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 193rd most-seen of the 377 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
November to March
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-winged Minla in Manas National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April to October, the lowest months. Those are among Manas National Park's driest months, with about 35 mm of rain a month against 1070 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.
5th of 5
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Blue-winged Minla sightings, Manas National Park ranks 5th at about 10%. The best odds are in Royal Manas National Park (Bhutan, about 20%), Doi Inthanon National Park (Thailand, about 20%) and Jim Corbett National Park (India, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Blue-winged Minla is recorded against all the birds logged in Manas National Park (85 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.
