Species of Thailand
Blue-fronted redstart
Phoenicuropsis frontalis
Nicholas Aylward Vigors, 1832
In Thai: นกเขนสีฟ้าท้ายสีน้ำตาล
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.
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Category / Seasonal Status
Wiki listed status (concerning Thai population): Rare winter visitor
BCST Category: Recorded in an apparently wild state within the last 50 years
BCST Seasonal status: Non-breeding visitor
Scientific classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Muscicapidae
- Genus
- Phoenicuropsis
- Species
- Phoenicuropsis frontalis
Common names
- Thai: นกเขนสีฟ้าท้ายสีน้ำตาล
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN3.1)
Photos
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Range Map
- Chiang Dao District, Chiang Mai
- Chiang Dao Wildlife Sanctuary
- Doi Inthanon National Park
- Doi Lang
- Doi Pha Hom Pok National Park
- Doi Suthep - Pui National Park
- Khao Yai National Park