Actinodura strigula (Hodgson, 1837)

Le, Hung Manh, Ho, Thang, Le, Trung Nguyen Thoi, Nguyen, Hoa Ngoc & Nguyen, Thach Dang, 2024, New records of birds from Central Vietnam, Biodiversity Data Journal 12, pp. e 133721-e 133721 : e133721-

Actinodura strigula (Hodgson, 1837)

- Chrysominla strigula

- Minla strigula

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: occurrenceID: 6AD42126-DD30-5449-B5DD-EC72F7EED2AD; Taxon: kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Aves; order: Passeriformes ; family: Leiotrichidae ; genus: Actinodura ; Location: country: Vietnam; stateProvince: Nghe An; locality: Ky Son ; verbatimElevation: 2,005 m; verbatimLatitude: 19 ° 13.238 ’ N; verbatimLongitude: 104 ° 06.192 ’ E

Conservation status

Least Concern

Distribution

Bar-throated Minla has been recorded as a locally common resident in West Tonkin and the southern part of Central Annam ( Robson 2008, Craik and Minh 2018, Hung et al. 2021 b). This is the first confirmed record of the species for North Annam, Central Vietnam. Elsewhere, this species has been recorded as a resident in Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal and Thailand ( IUCN 2024).

Diagnosis

Size: 16-18.5 cm. Adult: Golden-rufous crown, greyish head-sides, blackish eyebrow (to above eye), strong submoustachial streaks and mostly whitish throat with broad black bars / scales diagnostic. Olive-greyish upperparts, dull brownish-chestnut and black tail with whitish tip, yellowish underparts, black primary coverts, constrasting orange-yellow flight-feather fringes and broad white-bordered tertials (Fig. 12 ). Juvenile: Hind-crown, nape and upper parts greyer, paler head-sides, throat-bars narrower and more broken, underparts more washed out.

Figures

Figure 12. The adult Actinodura strigula (IEBR B. 598) was photographed in the Ky Son area, Nghe An Province.