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Taxonomic note

Phoenicurus coeruleocephala (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) was previously listed as P. caeruleocephala following Sibley & Monroe (1990, 1993).

 

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
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Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2024	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Migratory status	altitudinal migrant	Forest dependency	low
Land-mass type		Average mass	15 g

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	2,980,000 km2
Extent of Occurrence (non-breeding)	325,000 km2
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	stable	-	suspected	-
Generation length	2.18 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is described as fairly common in Afghanistan, locally common in northern Pakistan, northern India and eastern India; less common in Nepal and uncommon in the Tien Shan and Pamir-Alai areas (del Hoyo et al. 2005). The population is suspected to be stable in the absence of evidence for any declines or substantial threats.

Trend justification: The population is suspected to be stable in the absence of evidence for any declines or substantial threats.

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Afghanistan	extant	native		yes
Bhutan	extant	native
China (mainland)	extant	native
India	extant	native
Kazakhstan	extant	native		yes
Kyrgyzstan	extant	native		yes
Nepal	extant	native
Pakistan	extant	native
Tajikistan	extant	native		yes
Turkmenistan	extant	uncertain
Uzbekistan	extant	native

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Afghanistan	Pech and Waygal valleys
Kazakhstan	Aksu-Dzhabagly State Nature Reserve
Kazakhstan	Almaty State Nature Reserve
Kazakhstan	Big Almaty Gorge
Nepal	Annapurna Conservation Area
Nepal	Langtang National Park
Nepal	Makalu Barun National Park
Nepal	Rara National Park
Nepal	Shey-Phoksundo National Park
Nepal	Tamur valley and watershed
Uzbekistan	Dzhum-Dzhum

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Plantations	suitable	resident
Forest	Temperate	suitable	resident
Shrubland	Temperate	suitable	resident
Altitude	390 - 4300 m	Occasional altitudinal limits	(min) 1200 m

Purpose	Scale
Pets/display animals, horticulture	international

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Blue-capped Redstart Phoenicurus coeruleocephala. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/blue-capped-redstart-phoenicurus-coeruleocephala on 22/11/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 22/11/2024.