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Himalayan Bluetail
Tarsiger rufilatus (Hodgson, 1845)
Muscicapidae — Chats, Old World Flycatchers
Himalayan Bluetail, Tarsiger rufilatus, is a passerine of the western Himalayas through to central China, breeding across that Oriental Region. It belongs to the Muscicapidae, the chats and Old World flycatchers. Closely allied to the red-flanked bluetail, it was once treated as part of that bird. Adult males show a deeper blue, while females and young are greyer. It also differs from its relative in migration, as the red-flanked bluetail is a long-distance migrant. The species was described by Hodgson in 1845.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Muscicapidae — Chats, Old World Flycatchers
- Breeding range
- Oriental Region: w Himalayas to c China
