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title: "Minla Colicastaña"
description: "Actinodura strigula — Aves. The bar-throated minla or chestnut-tailed minla (Actinodura strigula), or even bar-throated siva, is a species of bird in the laughingthrush and babbler family Leiothrichidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/chestnut-tailed-minla
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Minla Colicastaña

> Actinodura strigula — Aves. The bar-throated minla or chestnut-tailed minla (Actinodura strigula), or even bar-throated siva, is a species of bird in the laughingthrush and babbler family Leiothrichidae.

- Scientific name: *Actinodura strigula*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bosque), `mountains` (Montañas)
- iNaturalist observations: 845
- iNaturalist taxon: [339877](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/339877)

## Names

- en: Chestnut-tailed Minla
- de: Bändersiva
- es: Minla Colicastaña
- fr: Actinodure à gorge striée

## Countries with the most observations

TH (323), IN (226), CN (74), NP (69), BT (53), MY (13), MM (10)

## Summary

The bar-throated minla or chestnut-tailed minla (Actinodura strigula), or even bar-throated siva, is a species of bird in the laughingthrush and babbler family Leiothrichidae. Traditionally, it has been placed in the genus Minla but is now placed in Actinodura.
The species is found in montane forest from India to Malaysia.
Eight subspecies have been described, of which six are widely accepted. The nominate subspecies, Chrysominla strigula strigula, is found from central Nepal through India, southern China and Bhutan. C. s. simlaensis is found in northern India and western Nepal, C. s. yunnanensis is found in north…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bar-throated_minla

## Photo

![Minla Colicastaña](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/chestnut-tailed-minla/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/210911087

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/chestnut-tailed-minla?lang=es` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).