Blue-winged Minla

SCI Name:  Actinodura cyanouroptera
Protonym:  Siva Cyanouroptera Ind.Rev. 2 p.88
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Leiothrichidae / Actinodura
Taxonomy Code:  blwmin1
Type Locality:  Nepal.
Author:  Hodgson
Publish Year:  1837
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

ACTINODURA
(Leiothrichidae; Ϯ Rusty-fronted Barwing A. egertoni) Gr. ακτινωδης aktinōdēs  like rays  < ακτις aktis, ακτινος aktinos  ray, beam; ουρα oura  tail (cf. "However, an alternative proposition is provided by Jobling (1991) who claims that Actinodura is derived from the Greek nouns aktis (feminine) or aktinos (masculine) meaning brightness or splendour and odouros (masculine) meaning a watcher or guardian" (Eames et al. 1999)); "ACTINODURA.  Rostrum subcompressum, subarcuatum, ad apicem subemarginatum.  Nares basales, lineares, operculo magno tectæ.  Alæ molles, breviusculæ, concavæ: remige 1ma brevissima 4ta 5taque longioribus.  Cauda mollis, elongata, gradata.  Tarsi elongati.  Pedes majusculi: halluce ungueque postico longiusculis.  Ptilosis mollis, laxa.   The wings and tail in the birds of this group are transversely barred. The typical species are crested.    ACTINODURA EGERTONI.  ...   Hab. In Nepalia.  The specimen described was presented to the Society by Sir P. Grey Egerton, Bart., M.P." (Gould 1836); "Actinodura Gould, 1836, Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 17.  Type, by original designation, Actinodura Egertoni Gould." (Ripley, 1961, Synopsis Birds India Pakistan, p. 402).
Var. Actinura.   
Synon. Alcopus, Hemipteron, Ixops, Leiocincla.

cyanouroptera
Gr. κυανος kuanos  dark-blue; -ουρος -ouros  -tailed  < ουρα oura  tail;
-πτερος -pteros  -winged  < πτερον pteron  wing.

SUBSPECIES

Blue-winged Minla (cyanouroptera)
SCI Name: Actinodura cyanouroptera cyanouroptera
cyanouroptera
Gr. κυανος kuanos  dark-blue; -ουρος -ouros  -tailed  < ουρα oura  tail;
-πτερος -pteros  -winged  < πτερον pteron  wing.

Blue-winged Minla (aglae)
SCI Name: Actinodura cyanouroptera aglae
aglae
Dr Stella Marie Aglaé Leche Deignan (1901-1993) US anthropologist, wife of ornithologist Herbert G. Deignan (subsp. Siva cyanouroptera).

Blue-winged Minla (sordida)
SCI Name: Actinodura cyanouroptera sordida
sordida
L. sordidus  shabby, dirty  < sordere  to be dirty  < sordes, sordis  dirt.
● ex “Merle des Philippines” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 89 (Pitta).

Blue-winged Minla (wingatei)
SCI Name: Actinodura cyanouroptera wingatei
wingatei
Col. Alfred Woodrow Stanley Wingate (1861-1938) British Army in India 1884-1913, explorer in Burma and China 1898-1899 (subsp. Siva cyanouroptera).

Blue-winged Minla (croizati)
SCI Name: Actinodura cyanouroptera croizati
croizati
Prof. Leon Camille Marius Croizat (1894-1982) French scholar, botanist, resident in USA 1936-1946 and Venezuela 1947-1982 (subsp. Astur tachiro, subsp. Catherpes mexicanus, syn. Siva cyanouroptera wingatei, subsp. Turdus assimilis).

Blue-winged Minla (rufodorsalis)
SCI Name: Actinodura cyanouroptera rufodorsalis
rufodorsalis
L. rufus red; dorsalis (properly dorsualis) dorsal, of the back < dorsum back.

Blue-winged Minla (orientalis)
SCI Name: Actinodura cyanouroptera orientalis
orientale / orientalis
L. orientalis  eastern, oriental  < oriens, orientis  east.
● Asia; ex “Anser moschoviticus” of Albin 1731-1738, and “Anser chinensis” of Linnaeus 1747 (syn. Anser cygnoides).
● India; ex Ardea antigone Linnaeus, 1758, “Grus orientalis” of Brisson 1760, and “Indian Crane” of Latham 1785 (syn. Antigone antigone).
● East Indies (= Seram and New Guinea); ex “Casoar des Indes orientales” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 313 (syn. Casuarius casuarius).
● India; ex “Eastern Parrot” of Latham 1781 (?syn. Eclectus roratus).
● East Indies (= Amboina); ex “Coucou noir des Indes” (= ♂) and “Coucou tacheté des Indes” (=♀) of Brisson 1760 (subsp. Eudynamys scolopaceus).
● East Indies (=Java); ex “Rollier des Indes” of Brisson 1760 (Eurystomus).
● East Indies; ex “Merula indica” of Brisson 1760, “Merle des Indes Orientales” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 273, fig. 2, and “Ash-rumped Thrush” of Latham 1783 (syn. Lalage nigra).
● India; ex “Indian Bee-eater” and “Coromandel Bee-eater” of Latham 1782-1787 (Merops).
● Asia; ex “Onocrotalus” or “Pelecanus” of previous authors (syn. Pelecanus onocrotalus).
● "91. TETRAO.  ...  orientalis.  12. T. pedibus antice pilosis: abdomine gulaque atra, collari ferrugineo, cauda cuneiformi.  Tetrao orientalis. Hasselq. it. 278. n. 43.  Perdix damascena. Will. orn. 128.  Francolin. Tournef. it. I. p. 158. t. 158.  Habitat in Oriente." (Linnaeus 1758) (Pterocles).
● China; ex “Tourterelle brune de la Chine” of Sonnerat 1782, and “Chinese Turtle” of Latham 1783 (Streptopelia).
● China; ex “China Owl” of Latham 1801 (syn. Strix seloputo).

Blue-winged Minla (sordidior)
SCI Name: Actinodura cyanouroptera sordidior
sordidior
L. sordidior, sordidioris  more squalid, sordid  < comp. sordidus  dirty  < sordere  to be dirty  < sordes, sordis  dirt.