BLUE WINGED MINLA

BURUNG RIMBA MURAI GUNUNG 

Cameron Highland

The blue-winged minla (Actinodura cyanouroptera), is a small, brightly colored songbird in the Leiothrichidae family. It is native to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, found in Malaysia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet, and Vietnam. 

This bird has powdery gray-blue plumage, with blue highlights on its wings and tail. It is highly social, often traveling in large groups and forming mixed-species feeding flocks. The blue-winged minla is acrobatic, frequently hanging upside down on branches to probe for insects and fruit.