Minla

Minla
Bar-throated minla (Minla strigula)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Leiothrichidae
Genus: Minla
Hodgson, 1837
Species

Minla ignotincta
Minla strigula
Minla cyanouroptera

The bird genus Minla (from minla, Nepali for M. ignotincta)[1] of the family Leiothrichidae is commonly used for three, most likely unrelated species. The genus is probably best split, with only the red-tailed minla (M. ignotincta) retained in the proposed monotypic genus.

The genus contains the following species:

References

  1. Jobling, James A. (1991). A Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. Oxford University Press. p. 149. ISBN 0-19-854634-3.