White-capped Redstart
Phoenicurus leucocephalusVigors, NA, 1831
English (US) White-capped Redstart
The White-capped Redstart (Phoenicurus leucocephalus) 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 leucocephalus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- White-capped Redstart
- Described by
- Vigors, NA, 1831
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Phoenicura leucocephala
- Described by
- Vigors, NA, 1831
- Type locality
- Himalaya ; restricted to Simla-Almora district by Ticehurst and Whistler, 1924, Ibis, p. 471.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London 1, no.3 p.35
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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