Thrushes (Turdidae)
White-capped Water-redstart (Chaimarrornis leucocephalus) - HBW 10, p. 769
French: Torrentaire à calotte blanche
German: Weißkopf-Rotschwanz
Spanish: Colirrojo Acuático
Other common names: White-capped Redstart, River Chat
Taxonomy: Phoenicura leucocephala Vigors, 1831, Simla-Almora district, Himalaya.
Has been placed in genus Phoenicurus, but differs in plumage pattern and behaviour. Monotypic.
Distribution: E Uzbekistan, Tadjikistan and Afghanistan (recently recorded Kyrgyzstan) E through Himalayas to C & NE China, N Myanmar and N Indochina.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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one bird looking around Locality Doi Ang Khang, North Western Thailand, Thailand (Monotypic species)
Daniêl Jimenez 14 December 2010 2 years ago 1 min 6 sec 4.1 -
One bird in a gulley Locality Doi Ang Khang, North Western Thailand, Thailand (Monotypic species)
Daniêl Jimenez 14 December 2010 2 years ago 20 sec 4 -
An adult moving on a river and then defecating Locality Doi Inthanon National Park, North Western Thailand, Thailand (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 9 November 2004 5 years ago 25 sec 4 -
A bird foraging in a boulderstrewn river. Locality Jim Corbett National Park, Uttarakhand, India (Monotypic species)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 February 2008 4 years ago 21 sec 3.8 -
bird lookijng around Locality Doi Ang Khang, North Western Thailand, Thailand (Monotypic species)
Daniêl Jimenez 14 December 2010 2 years ago 36 sec 3.7 -
one bird Locality Doi Ang Khang, North Western Thailand, Thailand (Monotypic species)
Daniêl Jimenez 14 December 2010 2 years ago 27 sec 3.6
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On the rocks on the river bank. In the morning sun.
Locality Ramnagar, Uttarakhand, India
Lee Hunter 10 December 2011 13 weeks ago 4.4 -
Perching on a rock
Locality Tsing Yi Park, Hong Kong
Terence S K LAI 1 January 2013 21 weeks ago 4.3 -
White-capped Water-redstart
Locality Chiang Rai Province, North Western Thailand, Thailand
hualek3 27 January 2010 3 years ago 4.2 -
Adult male perched on a rock along a stream at 2800m
Locality Tadzhikistan
Marco Valentini 27 May 2013 1 week ago ADDED LAST MONTH 4 -
A bird perched by a small stream
Locality Doi Ang Khang, North Western Thailand, Thailand
Ian Fulton 13 March 2007 3 years ago 4 -
A bird singing (alert call?) on a rock
Locality China (Northern)
Nathanael Goldman 9 July 2012 33 weeks ago 3.8
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