Blue-capped Redstart

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The Blue-capped Redstart (Phoenicurus caeruleocephala) is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family.

It is found in most of the Himalayas and the northern parts of the Indian Subcontinent, with its range extending across Tajikistan and Afghanistan, Pakistan and the Kashmir disputed region into the Republic of India, from 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.