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The barwings are the genus Actinodura of passerine birds in the family Leiothrichidae.
The name Actinodura is derived from Greek words meaning "ray-like tail" (actinodes and ura).

1/Spectacled barwing (Khướu đuôi vằn Vân Nam, Actinodura ramsayi)

2/ Blue-winged minla (Khướu lùn cánh xanh, Actinodura cyanouroptera), also known as the blue-winged siva
 Formerly placed in the genus Minla and also in the monotypic Siva.

3/ Bar-throated minla or chestnut-tailed minla (Khướu lùn đuôi hung, Actinodura strigula), or bar-throated siva
Earlier placed in the genus Minla.

4/ Black-crowned barwing (Khướu vằn đầu đen, Actinodura sodangorum)
 The epithet sodangorum came from the Sodang tribe (also known as Xo Dang) which lives in Ngoc Linh and other areas in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos where black-crowned barwings are distributed.

5/ Streaked barwing (Khướu vằn gáy xanh, Actinodura souliei)

Black-Crowned Barwing 
(Khướu vằn đầu đen, Actinodura sodangorum)

The black-crowned barwing (Actinodura sodangorum) is a non-migratory bird from Indochina in the family Leiothrichidae (laughingthrushes and allies).

Traits: ray-like tail, black-crowned, black lore (feather or hair between the eyes and the beak), white circle around the eyes.

Leiothrix Leiothrichidae Ancient Greek leios meaning "smooth" and thrix meaning "hair".
The name Actinodura is derived from Greek words meaning "ray-like tail" (actinodes and ura).
The epithet sodangorum came from the Sodang tribe (also known as Xo Dang) which lives in Ngoc Linh and other areas in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos where black-crowned barwings are distributed.

Blue-Winged Minla (Khướu lùn cánh xanh, Actinodura cyanouroptera), also known as the blue-winged siva

The blue-winged minla (Actinodura cyanouroptera), also known as the blue-winged siva, is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae.

The Plain Minla found in Da Lat Vietnam may be a subspecies of the Blue-Winged Minla, or maybe treated as a separate species.

The name Actinodura is derived from Greek words meaning "ray-like tail" (actinodes and ura).
cyanouroptera Greek kuanos dark-blue; -ouros -tailed; (oura tail); -pteros -winged (pteron wing).