White-capped Redstart

Phoenicurus leucocephalus Vigors, 1831

White-capped Redstart Phoenicurus leucocephalus is a passerine in the Muscicapidae family, breeding from Central Asia across the Himalayas to north-east China, northern Myanmar, northern Thailand and northern Indochina, and wintering from northern India to Vietnam. It was described by Vigors in 1831. Both sexes have black plumage with red underparts and a white crown, while males show a larger white area on the head and brown or red markings beneath the wings. It was formerly placed in Chaimarrornis before being moved to Phoenicurus in 2010.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Muscicapidae — Chats, Old World Flycatchers

Breeding range

Palearctic: Central Asia through the Himalayas to c, ne China, n Myanmar, n Thailand and n Indochina

Nonbreeding range

n India to Vietnam