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.
| Blue-fronted redstart | |
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| male from Sattal near Nainital, Uttarakhand, India | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Muscicapidae |
| Genus: | Phoenicurus |
| Species: | P. frontalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Phoenicurus frontalis Vigors, 1831
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Gallery edit
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Male at Mailee Thaatch (10,500 ft.) in Kullu-Manali District. of Himachal Pradesh, India -
Female in Pangot, Uttarakhand, India -
A particularly bold Blue-fronted Redstart at Deoria Taal, Uttarakhand
References edit
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Phoenicurus frontalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22710084A94233036. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22710084A94233036.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
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