Chestnut-tailed Minla

Chestnut-tailed Minla

Minla strigula

<5% · Rare
overall probability at Royal Manas National Park
36 Verified records at Royal Manas 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% of wildlife watchers report a Chestnut-tailed Minla sighting in Royal Manas National Park, based on 36 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Royal Manas National Park

Blue-winged Minla

Blue-winged Minla

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Minla cyanouroptera

20–30% · Possible
Red-tailed Minla
LC

Red-tailed Minla

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Minla ignotincta

10–20% · With luck
Rufous-necked Laughingthrush

Rufous-necked Laughingthrush

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Garrulax ruficollis

20–30% · Possible
White-crested Laughingthrush
LC

White-crested Laughingthrush

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Garrulax leucolophus

20–30% · Possible
Rufous Sibia
LC

Rufous Sibia

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Heterophasia capistrata

20–30% · Possible
Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush
LC

Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Garrulax monileger

10–20% · With luck
Long-tailed Sibia
LC

Long-tailed Sibia

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Heterophasia picaoides

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

Silver-eared Mesia

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Leiothrix argentauris

10–20% · With luck
Greater Necklaced Laughing Thrush

Greater Necklaced Laughing Thrush

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Garrulax pectoralis

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

Rusty-fronted Barwing

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Actinodura egertoni

5–10% · With luck
White-throated Laughingthrush

White-throated Laughingthrush

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Garrulax albogularis

5–10% · With luck
Striated Laughingthrush

Striated Laughingthrush

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Garrulax striatus

5–10% · With luck

📅 Monthly Probability

<5
Jan
<5
Feb
5–10
Mar
<5
Apr
<5
May
<5
Jun
<5
Jul
<5
Aug
<5
Sep
5–10
Oct
5–10
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 Royal Manas National Park?

About 4% of wildlife watchers report a Chestnut-tailed Minla sighting in Royal Manas National Park, based on 36 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

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

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

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