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Blue-capped Redstart

Phoenicurus caeruleocephalus (Vigors, 1831)

Седоголовая горихвостка

Description

The Blue-capped Redstart is one only redstart in Kazakhstan having not reddish but black tail. The adult male has the black back, tail, head and breast; the abdomen and speculum on the wing are white, the crown is grayish-blue. After summer (in August) molting males have coloring with a greysh-brownish tinge, there isn't the contrast on coloring of the back and the crown. The female is greysh-brown; the tail is dark-brown. The uppertail is chestnut-rufous. Juveniles have the dark, grayish-brown with the light spots color, the dark-grey tail and the reddish-rufous uppertail.

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unidentified birds


2024-03-25

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2024-03-22

Олег Марцун: Я б сказав, що галка.Видно сіру шию.

2024-03-13

Сергей Л. Волков: Ясно, спасибо, Дмитрий.

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