White-bellied redstart

The white-bellied redstart (Luscinia phaenicuroides) is a species of bird of the family Muscicapidae. It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, and Vietnam,[1] where its natural habitat is temperate forests.[3]

White-bellied redstart
white-bellied redstart (Luscinia phaenicuroides)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Luscinia
Species:
L. phaenicuroides
Binomial name
Luscinia phaenicuroides
(Gray & Gray, 1847)[2]
Synonyms

Hodgsonius phoenicuroides
Hodgsonius phaenicuroides

The white-bellied redstart was previously the only species in the genus Hodgsonius. A large molecular phylogenetic study published in 2010 found that the white-bellied redstart formed part of a clade that included the common nightingale. The species was therefore moved to Luscinia.[4][5]

  • A juvenile female white-bellied redstart, Arunachal Pradesh, India
  • Egg of white-bellied redstart MHNT

References
  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Hodgsonius phaenicuroides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  2. "ITIS Report: Hodgsonius". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  3. "Hodgsonius phaenicuroides: Classifications". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  4. Sangster, G.; Alström, P.; Forsmark, E.; Olsson, U. (2010). "Multi-locus phylogenetic analysis of Old World chats and flycatchers reveals extensive paraphyly at family, subfamily and genus level (Aves: Muscicapidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 57 (1): 380–392. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.07.008. PMID 20656044.
  5. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2016). "Chats, Old World flycatchers". World Bird List Version 6.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 20 May 2016.


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