Blue-fronted Redstart
Phoenicurus frontalisVigors, NA, 1831
English (US) Blue-fronted Redstart
The Blue-fronted Redstart (Phoenicurus frontalis) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Muscicapidae (Chats, Old World Flycatchers, and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: breeds Himalayas of southern Asia; winters to southeastern AsiaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Phoenicurus frontalis
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Blue-fronted Redstart
- Described by
- Vigors, NA, 1831
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Phoenicura frontalis
- Described by
- Vigors, NA, 1831
- Type locality
- Himalayas; restricted to Garhwal by Baker, 1924, Fauna Brit. India, Birds, ed. 2, 2, p. 69.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London 1, no.14 p.172
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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