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title: "Weißkopfrotschwanz"
description: "Phoenicurus leucocephalus — Vögel. The white-capped redstart or white-capped water redstart (Phoenicurus leucocephalus) is a passerine bird of the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae native to the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, much of China, and to certain regions of Central Asia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/white-capped-redstart
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Weißkopfrotschwanz

> Phoenicurus leucocephalus — Vögel. The white-capped redstart or white-capped water redstart (Phoenicurus leucocephalus) is a passerine bird of the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae native to the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, much of China, and to certain regions of Central Asia.

- Scientific name: *Phoenicurus leucocephalus*
- Category: `birds` (Vögel)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (See & Fluss)
- iNaturalist observations: 1950
- Wikidata: [Q27075688](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27075688)
- iNaturalist taxon: [145070](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/145070)

## Names

- en: White-capped Redstart
- de: Weißkopfrotschwanz
- es: Colirrojo Acuático
- fr: Rougequeue à calotte blanche
- pt: Chaimarrornis leucocephalus
- pl: Pleszka białogłowa

## Countries with the most observations

IN (693), CN (623), NP (193), TH (125), BT (96), PK (23), TJ (18), UZ (16), BD (11), MM (8), KG (7), VN (7)

## Summary

The white-capped redstart or white-capped water redstart (Phoenicurus leucocephalus) is a passerine bird of the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae native to the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, much of China, and to certain regions of Central Asia.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-capped_redstart

## Photo

![Weißkopfrotschwanz](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/white-capped-redstart/medium.jpg)

Photo: steve b · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/288411526

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/white-capped-redstart?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).