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Bar-throated Minla
Actinodura strigula (Hodgson, 1837)
18 cmLength19 gWeight
Outside the breeding season, it joins flocks of other babblers, foraging from the canopy to near the ground.
How to identify
Where and when it's recorded
No records at the public birding hotspots we track. It may be rare, remote, or its locations protected.
Questions
How big is the Bar-throated Minla?
The Bar-throated Minla is about 18 cm long and weighs around 19 g.
Where does the Bar-throated Minla live?
Its breeding range: Oriental: Himalayas to Malaysia.
What does the Bar-throated Minla eat?
Main food: Insects & other invertebrates.
What family is the Bar-throated Minla in?
It belongs to the family Laughingthrushes & Allies (Leiothrichidae), order Passerines (Passeriformes).
At a glance
- Length
- 18 cm
- Weight
- 19 g
- Habitat
- Forest
- Diet
- Insects & other invertebrates
- Lifestyle
- Perches in trees
- Migration
- Resident (barely migrates)
More measurements
- Wing
- 67 mm
- Tail
- 69 mm
- Bill
- 14 mm
- Tarsus
- 25 mm
Averages from the AVONET dataset; length from field guides where available.
Range
Oriental: Himalayas to Malaysia
Breeding range, IOC World Bird List 15.2
Subspecies · 1
- Actinodura strigula yunnanensis ne India, sw and s China through Myanmar to n Indochina
Classification
- Order
- Passerines Passeriformes
- Family
- Laughingthrushes & Allies Leiothrichidae
- Genus
- Actinodura
Other birds in the genus Actinodura
Hoary-throated BarwingActinodura nipalensis
Taiwan BarwingActinodura morrisoniana
Streak-throated BarwingActinodura waldeni
Streaked BarwingActinodura souliei
Blue-winged MinlaActinodura cyanouroptera
Rusty-fronted BarwingActinodura egertoni
Spectacled BarwingActinodura ramsayi
Black-crowned BarwingActinodura sodangorum
Brown-cheeked FulvettaAlcippe poioicephala
Black-browed FulvettaAlcippe grotei
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