Blue-capped redstart
| Blue-capped redstart | |
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| Male blue-capped redstart from Uttarakhand, India | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Muscicapidae |
| Genus: | Phoenicurus |
| Species: | P. caeruleocephala |
| Binomial name | |
| Phoenicurus caeruleocephala Vigors, 1831 | |
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Blue-capped Redstart (female) at Pangot, Nainital, Uttarakhand, India
The blue-capped redstart (Phoenicurus caeruleocephala) 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.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Phoenicurus caeruleocephala". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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