Blue-capped redstart

The blue-capped redstart (Phoenicurus coeruleocephala) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae.

Blue-capped redstart
Male from Uttarakhand, India
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
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)
Synonyms
Phoenicurus caeruleocephala

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.

Its natural habitat is temperate forests.

References

1. 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.