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[[Image:blue-capped_redstart_alok.JPG|thumb|350px|right|Immature<br />Photo by {{user|aloktewari|Alok Tewari}} <br />Dalhousie, Western [[Himalayas]], Himachal Pradesh, [[India]], Dec-2014]]
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[[Image:5775Phoenicurus caeruleocephalus 064.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Female<br />Photo by {{user|Askar+Isabekov|Askar Isabekov}}<br />[[Ile Alatau National Park]], [[Kazakhstan]], September 2006]]
 
[[Image:5775Phoenicurus caeruleocephalus 064.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Female<br />Photo by {{user|Askar+Isabekov|Askar Isabekov}}<br />[[Ile Alatau National Park]], [[Kazakhstan]], September 2006]]

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Phoenicurus coeruleocephala
Male
Photo by Askar Isabekov
Alma Ata, Kazakhstan, April 2005

Identification

15cm.

Distribution

Asia: found in Russia, Siberia, Turkestan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan Afghanistan, China, Tibet, Nepal, Pakistan, India, Eastern and Western Himalayas and Bhutan.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Previous scientific name Phoenicurus caeruleocephalus.

Habitat

Montane juniper and pine forests.

Behaviour

Immature
Photo by Alok Tewari
Dalhousie, Alt. 6900 ft., Western Himalayas, Himachal Pradesh, India, Dec-2014

References

Female
Photo by Askar Isabekov
Ile Alatau National Park, Kazakhstan, September 2006
  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Avibase

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