Blue-capped Redstart
Photo © Jagdish Singh Negi
Photo © Jagdish Singh Negi — CC BY 4.0 — Source: iNaturalist #191646789The blue-capped redstart (Phoenicurus coeruleocephala) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is found in most of the Himalayas and the northern parts of the Indian subcontinent, with its range extending across Tajikistan and Afghanistan into India, from Jammu & Kashmir eastwards across Himachal Pradesh and Uttaranchal, to Nepal and Bhutan, and further east to Arunachal Pradesh and adjoining regions. Its natural habitat is temperate forests.
Langtang National Park
Helambu, Nepal
+364 birds+14 mammals
Where the southern slopes of the Himalayan highlands descend toward the subtropical valleys of central Nepal, Langtang National Park sprawls across one of the subcontinent's most…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGangotri National Park
Bhatwari, India
+119 birds+1 mammals
Where the Bhagirathi River carves through the western Himalayas in northern Uttarakhand, Gangotri National Park rises across steep alpine terrain that defines the boundary between temperate…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKSagarmatha National Park
Khumjung, Nepal
+219 birds+7 mammals
Soaring peaks and deep glacial valleys define this alpine wilderness in northeastern Nepal, where the terrain rises from forested foothills into a realm of high-altitude tundra…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKNanda Devi National Park
Garpak, India
+218 birds+5 mammals
Where the Himalayas surge into their most dramatic alpine amphitheater, a wilderness of raw geological power unfolds across 624 square kilometers of pristine terrain. Nanda Devi,…
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