White-capped redstart
| White-capped redstart | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Muscicapidae |
| Genus: | Chaimarrornis Hodgson, 1844 |
| Species: | C. leucocephalus |
| Binomial name | |
| Chaimarrornis leucocephalus (Vigors, 1831) | |
The white-capped redstart or white-capped water redstart (Chaimarrornis leucocephalus) is a species of bird of the Muscicapidae family, in the monotypic genus Chaimarrornis. The generic name of this species is derived from the Greek kheimarrhos meaning torrent and ornis meaning bird.[2]
Male with larger white pattern on top of the head and brown red spots under the wings. It is found in the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia, as well as some adjoining areas. The species ranges across Afghanistan, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Tibet and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is temperate forests.
Gallery
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From Jim Corbett National Park, Uttarakhand (Chaimarrornis leucocephalus fuliginosa)
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From Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary, Sikkim (Chaimarrornis leucocephalus)
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Chaimarrornis leucocephalus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ Jobling, James A. (1991). A Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 48. ISBN 0-19-854634-3.