Chestnut-tailed Minla

Chestnut-tailed Minla

Minla strigula

5–10% · With luck
overall probability at Khangchendzonga National Park
14 Verified records at Khangchendzonga National Park
October Best month highest sighting rate
🌅 Crepuscular When it's active at dawn and dusk

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. Wikipedia →

5–10% of wildlife watchers report a Chestnut-tailed Minla sighting in Khangchendzonga National Park, based on 14 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Khangchendzonga National Park

Red-tailed Minla
LC

Red-tailed Minla

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Minla ignotincta

10–20% · With luck
Blue-winged Minla

Blue-winged Minla

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Minla cyanouroptera

10–20% · With luck
Rufous Sibia
LC

Rufous Sibia

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Heterophasia capistrata

40–50% · Likely
Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush
LC

Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Trochalopteron erythrocephalum

30–40% · Possible
Red-billed Leiothrix
LC

Red-billed Leiothrix

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Leiothrix lutea

20–30% · Possible
Black-faced Laughingthrush
LC

Black-faced Laughingthrush

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Trochalopteron affine

20–30% · Possible
Striated Laughingthrush

Striated Laughingthrush

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Garrulax striatus

10–20% · With luck
Rusty-fronted Barwing
LC

Rusty-fronted Barwing

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Actinodura egertoni

10–20% · With luck
Silver-eared Mesia
LC

Silver-eared Mesia

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Leiothrix argentauris

10–20% · With luck
Himalayan Cutia
LC

Himalayan Cutia

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Cutia nipalensis

10–20% · With luck
White-throated Laughingthrush

White-throated Laughingthrush

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Garrulax albogularis

10–20% · With luck
Red-faced Liocichla
LC

Red-faced Liocichla

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Liocichla phoenicea

5–10% · With luck

📅 Monthly Probability

5–10
Jan
<5
Feb
5–10
Mar
10–20
Apr
<5
May
5–10
Jun
<5
Jul
5–10
Aug
5–10
Sep
20–30
Oct
10–20
Nov
<5
Dec

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Doi Inthanon National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
40–50%
2 Langtang National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
20–30%
3 Khangchendzonga National Park 🇮🇳 India
5–10%
4 Royal Manas National Park 🇧🇹 Bhutan
<5%
5 Khao Yai National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Chestnut-tailed Minla in Khangchendzonga National Park?

About 6% of wildlife watchers report a Chestnut-tailed Minla sighting in Khangchendzonga National Park, based on 14 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Chestnut-tailed Minla in Khangchendzonga National Park?

October has the highest sighting rate for Chestnut-tailed Minla in Khangchendzonga National Park in our monthly data.

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