Blue-fronted Robin

Cinclidium frontale Blyth, 1842

Blue-fronted Robin, Cinclidium frontale, is a passerine in the Muscicapidae family that breeds from Nepal across south-east Asia. It was described by Blyth in 1842. It is a forest bird of temperate and higher-elevation wooded areas, including dense bamboo and evergreen growth. The species is found in Bhutan, China, north-east India, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam, and may also occur in Nepal. It is the only member of its genus. Breeding has been recorded in Thailand and Vietnam, and the bird is known to move to lower ground in winter.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Muscicapidae — Chats, Old World Flycatchers

Breeding range

Oriental Region: Nepal to se Asia