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 Namdapha National Park on a given day, based on 82 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 148th most-seen of the 298 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.
January–April and October–November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-winged Minla in Namdapha National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May and December, the lowest months. Those are among Namdapha National Park's driest months, with about 130 mm of rain a month against 660 mm in July. June to September have too few records to rate.
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 5
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Blue-winged Minla sightings, Namdapha National Park ranks 4th 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 Namdapha National Park (82 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.
