White-throated redstart

White-throated redstart
	From Khangchendzonga Biosphere Reserve, West Sikkim, India
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Muscicapidae
Genus:	Phoenicurus
Species:	P. schisticeps
Binomial name
	Phoenicurus schisticeps; (Gray & Gray, 1847)

The white-throated redstart (Phoenicurus schisticeps) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae.

It is found in Nepal, Bhutan, central China and far northern areas of Myanmar and Northeast India.

From Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary, East Sikkim, India in alpine snowy meadows.

Its natural habitat is temperate forests.

References

BirdLife International (2012). "Phoenicurus schisticeps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)old-form url

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