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 LC    Blue-capped Redstart* Id (Atlas):
    Phoenicurus coeruleocephala

Description (10)
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Other Scientific Names
Phoenicurus caeruleocephalus [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)], Phoenicurus coeruleocephala

Other Names (World)
Blue-capped Redstart, Blue-headed Redstart, Blue-headed Robin

Family
Muscicapidae (Old World Flycatchers And Chats)

Size
15 - 15.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
Vigors, 1831

Habitat
Temperate forest and shrubland. From 2,400 - 4,300 m, occasionally down to 1,200 m.

Range (Guide)
Afghanistan (B), Bhutan, China (mainland), India, Kazakhstan (B), Kyrgyzstan (B), Nepal, Pakistan, Russia (Asian), Tajikistan (B), Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.

Tien Shan south to eastern Afghanistan and through western and central Himalayas.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (20)...)

 
Blue-capped Redstart (Phoenicurus coeruleocephala) [XC813585]
     by Peter Boesman from Issyk Kul, Kyrgyzstan (call)

 
Blue-capped Redstart (Phoenicurus coeruleocephala) [XC811348]
     by Peter Boesman from Balshoye Almatinskyi Ozera and further down to Almaty, Kazakhstan (subsong)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Lack of red in male plumage implies most distinctive of redstarts and possibly worthy of separate generic status. More research needed. Species name is noun phrase and thus invariable.


References
See References.


Files:
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