Blue-capped redstart
Species of bird
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The blue-capped redstart (Phoenicurus coeruleocephala) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae.
| Blue-capped redstart | |
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| Male from Uttarakhand, India | |
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| 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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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.
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