White-capped redstart

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White-capped redstart

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Phoenicurus
Species:
P. leucocephalus
Binomial name
Phoenicurus leucocephalus
Vigors, 1831
Synonyms

Chaimarrornis leucocephalus

The white-capped redstart or white-capped water redstart (Phoenicurus leucocephalus) is a

Indian Subcontinent,Southeast Asia, much of China, and to certain regions of Central Asia
.

Description

Both genders are black with red underparts and white crown atop their heads. Males have a larger white pattern on top of the head and brown or red spots under the wings. It is found in the

Indian Subcontinent[2] and Southeast Asia, as well as some adjoining areas. The species ranges across Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Tajikistan, Thailand, Tibet and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is temperate forests
.

This species was formerly placed in the

molecular phylogenetic study published in 2010.[3][4]

References

  1. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22710087A94233284.en
    . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ISSN 2454-1095
    .
  3. PMID 20656044
    .
  4. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David (eds.). "Chats, Old World flycatchers". World Bird List Version 6.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 20 May 2016.


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