White-throated redstart

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The white-throated redstart (Phoenicurus schisticeps) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae.

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White-throated redstart
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From Khangchendzonga Biosphere Reserve, West Sikkim, India
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Phoenicurus
Species:
P. schisticeps
Binomial name
Phoenicurus schisticeps
(Gray & Gray, 1847)
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It is found in Nepal, Bhutan, central China and far northern areas of Myanmar and Northeast India.

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From Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary, East Sikkim, India in alpine snowy meadows.

Its natural habitat is temperate forests.