Blue-fronted redstart
| Blue-fronted redstart | |
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| A blue-fronted redstart male from Sattal near Nainital, Uttarakhand, India | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Muscicapidae |
| Genus: | Phoenicurus |
| Species: | P. frontalis |
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Phoenicurus frontalis Vigors, 1832 |
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The blue-fronted redstart (Phoenicurus frontalis) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae, the Old World flycatchers. It breeds in central China and the Himalayas (where it winters in the southern foothills, as well as in Yunnan, Northeast India and northern Southeast Asia). Its natural habitat is temperate forests. The female is brownish-grey, with paler underparts.
Male at Mailee Thaatch (10,500 ft.) in Kullu-Manali Distt. of Himachal Pradesh, India
Female in Pangot, Uttarakhand, India
A particularly bold Blue-fronted Redstart at Deoria Taal, Uttarakhand
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