Chats, Old World Flycatchers

Blue-capped Redstart

Phoenicurus coeruleocephala

The Blue-capped Redstart (Phoenicurus coeruleocephala) is a 15 g forest bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. Some populations migrate.

Family

Chats, Old World Flycatchers

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

15 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Partial migrant

Countries recorded

10

Recorded in India, Kazakhstan, Nepal, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, China, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Bhutan.

Where to see it: Ала Арча Улуттук Парк (жалпы район, мүмкүн болсо, конкреттүү жерди колдонуңуз) [Ala Archa National Park (general area, please use a more specific location if possible)] (Kyrgyzstan); Margalla Hills Trail 5 (Pakistan); Боғи Ботаникии Душанбе [Dushanbe Botanical Garden] (Tajikistan); Wildlife Institute of India (WII) (India); Chelela (Bhutan).

Photo: (c) Jagdish Singh Negi, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist