| Blue-capped redstart | |
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| Male from Uttarakhand, India | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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
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.
References
- ↑ 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.
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