Blue winged minla

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Just lovely, as always Pratim.

Thanks Kal Danner ....

PAKHI DEKHUN PAKHI CHINUN # 471 (Observe the Bird and recognize)..BLUE WINGED MINLA...[From a Photograph of Respectable NIRMALA SRIDHAR] ... WATERCOLOUR ...A4...2015... The blue-winged minla (Minla cyanouroptera), also known as the blue-winged siva, is a species of bird in the Leiothrichidae family. It has in the past been placed in the genus Minla instead of the monotypic Siva. It is found in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, ranging across Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. 14 - 15.5cm a rather small, pale brownish Babbler: Longish, square-tipped blue tail. Largely blue wings. Whitish supercilium. Bluish-grey crown with dark lateral border and streaks on forecrown. The female has a slightly less blue crown. Juveniles have browner, less streaked crowns. The subspecies differ in the streaks on the crown and the colour of the crown and upperwings. Orientalis differs most, having grey-blue wings and a blackish-grey tail. Feeds on insects, berries and seeds. Forages in canopy and middle-storey, also in bushes and forest edge. Usually seen in flocks of 5 to 20 birds and very often in bird waves, together with other Babblers. [INFO: WIKIPEDIA & BIRD FORUM]