Blue-capped redstart
| Blue-capped redstart | |
|---|---|
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| Blue-capped Redstart, male (♂) from Uttarakhand, India | |
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Muscicapidae |
| Genus: | Phoenicurus |
| Species: | P. caeruleocephala |
| Binomial name | |
| Phoenicurus caeruleocephala Vigors, 1831 | |
The blue-capped redstart (Phoenicurus caeruleocephala) is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family.
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.