Bar-throated Minla

The bar-throated minla, Actinodura strigula, was described by Hodgson in 1837 and belongs to the family Leiothrichidae. It lives in montane forest at 1,800 to 3,750m and is mostly resident, dropping to about 1,300m in harsh winters. The nominate form occurs in central Nepal, India, southern China and Bhutan (Wikipedia, general species account).

Outside the breeding season it joins mixed flocks of babblers and yuhinas, foraging from the canopy to near the ground. It eats insects such as beetles and caterpillars in summer and berries, seeds and nectar in winter, and lays two to four eggs in a cup of grass, bamboo leaves, lichen and birch bark. Eight subspecies have been described, six widely accepted (Wikipedia, general species account).