Chestnut-tailed Minla (Chrysominla strigula)

Other Names (World)
Bar-throated Minla, Chestnut-tailed Minla, Bar-throated Siva, Stripe-throated Minla

Family
Leiotrichidae (Laughingthrushes And Allies)

Size
15.50 - 18.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Hodgson, 1837)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest. Also, subtropical and tropical high altitude shrubland.

Range (Guide)

Bhutan, China (mainland), India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (87)...)

Bar-throated Minla (Actinodura strigula) [XC685971]
by Dave Guo from Kanpetlet (near Nghka), Mindat, Chin State, Myanmar (song)

Bar-throated Minla (Actinodura strigula) [XC788552]
by Greg Irving from Lalitpur (near Godawari), Bagmati, Central Development Region, Nepal (song)

Subspecies
Proposed subspecies victoriae (from Mt Victoria, in western Myanmar) and cinereigenae (Meghalaya east to south-western Nagaland, in north-eastern India) synonymized with yunnanensis.

The following 7 subspecies are recognised:

simlaensis (Meinertzhagen, R, 1926) - Northern India (western Himachal Pradesh) east to western Nepal.
strigula (Hodgson, 1837) - West-central Nepal east to Bhutan and north-eastern India (western Arunachal Pradesh) and adjacent southern China (southern Xizang).
yunnanensis (Rothschild, 1921) - North-eastern Indian hill states, adjacent southern China (south-eastern Xizang, Yunnan and south-western Sichuan), north, north-eastern and western Myanmar, northern and central Laos and northern Vietnam (Tonkin).
castanicauda (Hume, 1877) - South-eastern Myanmar (including northern Tenasserim) and north-western and western Thailand.
malayana (Hartert, 1902) - Peninsular Malaysia.
traii (Eames, JC, 2002) - Central Vietnam.
cinereigenae (Ripley, 1952) - North-eastern India (Khasi Hills, Meghalaya, east to western Naga Hills, Nagaland).

References
See References.

Files:

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