Blue-capped Redstart - BirdForum Opus

Male dorsal plumage
Photo © by paux
Almaty, Kazakhstan, May 2019

Phoenicurus coeruleocephala

Identification

Female
Photo © by Askar Isabekov
Ile Alatau National Park, Kazakhstan, September 2006

15 cm (6 in)
Male

• Greyish-blue crown to nape
• Black face and breast
• Black upperparts
• White band from shoulder to tertials

Distribution

Blue-capped redstart is found in Himalayan Ranges from Bhutan in East through Nepal and India to Pakistan in west. It is also found in Northeastern Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and northwestern China.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

Previous scientific name Phoenicurus caeruleocephalus.

Habitat

Open dryish juniper-pine forests.

Behaviour

Immature
Photo © by Alok Tewari
Dalhousie, Western Himalayas, Himachal Pradesh, India, Dec-2014

Diet

Their diet consists mostly of insects, though berries and seeds are also eaten on occasion. Nestlings appear to be fed moths and caterpillars.

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  Male dorsal plumage
  Photo © by Alok Tewari
  Dwarahat, Dist. Almora, Uttarakhand Himalayas, India, October-2013

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase
3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Aug 2018)

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Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2021) Blue-capped Redstart. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 29 April 2021 from https://www.birdforum.net/wiki/Blue-capped_Redstart

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