Blue-capped redstart
The blue-capped redstart (Phoenicurus coeruleocephala) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae.
| Blue-capped redstart | |
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| Male from Uttarakhand, India | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Muscicapidae |
| Genus: | Phoenicurus |
| Species: | P. coeruleocephala |
| Binomial name | |
| Phoenicurus coeruleocephala Vigors, 1831 | |
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Blue-capped Redstart (female) at Pangot, Nainital, Uttarakhand, India
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.
References
- BirdLife International (2012). "Phoenicurus caeruleocephala". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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