Blue fronted redstart

Blue fronted redstart
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23/06/2015
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PAKHI DEKHUN PAKHI CHINUN # 504/523 (Observe the Bird and recognize)..BLUE FRONTED REDSTART..[From a Photograph of RESPECTABLE PEMA G BHUTIA] ... WATERCOLOUR ...A4...2014... The blue-fronted redstart (Phoenicurus frontalis) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae, the Old World flycatchers. Its range includes the northern regions of the Indian Subcontinent and parts of Southeast Asia. It is found in Bhutan, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is temperate forests. The female is brownish-grey, with paler underparts. 15–16 cm; 12–19 g. The only redstart with inverted-T pattern on tail. Song, sometimes in low display-flight, a series of phrases consisting of the same basic . Insects, berries, seeds. Insects predominate May–Sept, but from Aug berries and seeds also taken.

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