Phoenicurus frontalis
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In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
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.
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Langtang National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 2 | Jiuzhaigou National Park | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 3 | Royal Manas National Park | 🇧🇹 Bhutan |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-fronted Redstart sighting in Jiuzhaigou National Park on a given day, based on 53 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 26th most-seen of the 131 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May–June and August
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-fronted Redstart in Jiuzhaigou National Park on a given day, against about 20% in April, July and September–December, the lowest months. Those are among Jiuzhaigou National Park's wettest months, with about 150 mm of rain a month against 15 mm in December. January to March have too few records to rate.
Between 3 and 6 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Blue-fronted Redstart sightings with a recorded time, and about half of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
2nd of 3
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Blue-fronted Redstart sightings, Jiuzhaigou National Park ranks 2nd at about 30%. The best odds are in Langtang National Park (Nepal, about 50%).
Same genus: Phoenicurus
The closest relatives of the Blue-fronted Redstart that you can see in Jiuzhaigou National Park (genus Phoenicurus, True Redstarts) are White-throated Redstart (about 50%), Plumbeous Water Redstart (about 30%) and Daurian Redstart (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Blue-fronted Redstart is recorded against all the birds logged in Jiuzhaigou National Park (53 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
