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title: "Blue-fronted Redstart"
description: "Phoenicurus frontalis — Vogels. The blue-fronted redstart (Phoenicurus frontalis) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae, the Old World flycatchers."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/blue-fronted-redstart
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Blue-fronted Redstart

> Phoenicurus frontalis — Vogels. The blue-fronted redstart (Phoenicurus frontalis) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae, the Old World flycatchers.

- Scientific name: *Phoenicurus frontalis*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos)
- iNaturalist observations: 1444
- Wikidata: [Q864823](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q864823)
- iNaturalist taxon: [12996](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/12996)

## Names

- en: Blue-fronted Redstart
- de: Himalayarotschwanz
- es: Colirrojo Frentiazul
- fr: Rougequeue à front bleu
- pl: Pleszka modra

## Countries with the most observations

IN (444), CN (385), NP (234), BT (86), MM (10), TH (7), PK (6), HK (5)

## Summary

The blue-fronted redstart (Phoenicurus frontalis) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae, the Old World flycatchers. It breeds in central China and the Himalayas (where it winters in the southern foothills, as well as in southern Yunnan, the Patkai and northern Indochina. Its natural habitat is temperate forests.  The female is brownish-grey, with paler underparts.

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

## Photo

![Blue-fronted Redstart](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/blue-fronted-redstart/medium.jpg)

Photo: Stefan C · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/332680283

## Machine access

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