Blue-capped redstart

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Blue-capped redstart
Blue-capped Redstart Uttarakhand India.jpg
Male from Uttarakhand, India
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Phoenicurus
Species:
P. coeruleocephala
Binomial name
Phoenicurus coeruleocephala
(Vigors, 1831)
Synonyms
  • Phoenicurus caeruleocephala
Blue-capped Redstart (female) at Pangot, Nainital, Uttarakhand, India Blue-capped Redstart (female).JPG
Blue-capped Redstart (female) at Pangot, Nainital, Uttarakhand, India

The blue-capped redstart (Phoenicurus coeruleocephala) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae.

It is found in most of the Himalayas and the northern parts of the Indian Subcontinent, with its range extending across Tajikistan and Afghanistan into India, from Jammu & Kashmir eastwards across Himachal Pradesh and Uttaranchal, to Nepal and Bhutan, and further east to Arunachal Pradesh and adjoining regions.

Its natural habitat is temperate forests.

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Phoenicurus coeruleocephala". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T22710043A94231818. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22710043A94231818.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.