White-capped redstart

White-capped redstart
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 passerine bird of the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae native to the Indian Subcontinent,Southeast Asia, much of China, and to certain regions of Central Asia.

Description

Both sexes 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 monotypic genus Chaimarrornis but was moved to Phoenicurus based on the results of a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2010.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Phoenicurus leucocephalus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22710087A94233284. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22710087A94233284.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Khan, Asif N.; Khot, Rahul (2015-12-01). "White-Capped River-Chat Phoenicurus leucocephalus in Odisha: First Record from Peninsular India". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 112 (3): 170–171. doi:10.17087/jbnhs/2015/v112i3/114426. ISSN 2454-1095. Archived from the original on September 15, 2017.
  3. ^ Sangster, G.; Alström, P.; Forsmark, E.; Olsson, U. (2010). "Multi-locus phylogenetic analysis of Old World chats and flycatchers reveals extensive paraphyly at family, subfamily and genus level (Aves: Muscicapidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 57 (1): 380–392. Bibcode:2010MolPE..57..380S. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.07.008. 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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