The bar-throated minla, also known as the chestnut-tailed minla or bar-throated siva, is a bird species belonging to the laughingthrush and babbler family Leiothrichidae. Initially classified in the genus Minla, it is now categorized under Actinodura.

This species inhabits montane forests stretching

from India to Malaysia.

Eight subspecies have been identified, with six widely acknowledged. The nominate subspecies, Chrysominla strigula strigula, is distributed from central Nepal across India, southern China, and Bhutan. C. s. simlaensis is found in northern India and western Nepal, C. s. yunnanensis in northeastern India, southern China, northern Burma, Laos, and Vietnam, C. s. castanicauda in southern Burma and western and northern Thailand, C. s. malayana in Peninsular Malaysia, and C. s. traii restricted to central Vietnam.

The bar-throated minla occupies montane forest habitats ranging from 1,800–3,750 m (5,910–12,300 ft). While primarily resident, it may descend to lower altitudes during severe winters, reaching as low as 1,300 m (4,300 ft). Its habitat includes various forest types such as evergreen broadleaf, mixed broadleaf and evergreen, pine, oak and rhododendron, as well as rhododendron or bamboo stands.

Diet preferences of the bar-throated minla vary seasonally. In the summer, it primarily feeds on insects like beetles, caterpillars, and others. During winter, it supplements its diet with berries, seeds, and nectar. It often joins flocks of other babblers and yuhinas during the non-breeding season, foraging from the canopy down to near the forest floor. Typically, two to four eggs are laid in a cup made of grass, bamboo leaves, lichen, and birch bark.