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title: "Blue-winged Minla"
description: "Actinodura cyanouroptera — Uccelli. The blue-winged minla (Actinodura cyanouroptera), also known as the blue-winged siva, is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/blue-winged-minla
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Blue-winged Minla

> Actinodura cyanouroptera — Uccelli. The blue-winged minla (Actinodura cyanouroptera), also known as the blue-winged siva, is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae.

- Scientific name: *Actinodura cyanouroptera*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 1483
- iNaturalist taxon: [339876](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/339876)

## Names

- en: Blue-winged Minla
- de: Blauflügelsiva
- es: Minla Aliazul
- fr: Actinodure à ailes bleues

## Countries with the most observations

HK (390), CN (328), IN (269), MY (117), VN (112), TH (96), BT (34), NP (20), MM (12)

## Summary

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.

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

## Photo

![Blue-winged Minla](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/blue-winged-minla/medium.jpg)

Photo: observe-syz · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/288073425

## Machine access

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