Phoenicurus coeruleocephala
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In 3 days <5% in a week ~10%
The blue-capped redstart (Phoenicurus coeruleocephala) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. Its range extends in an arch across the eastern Alpide belt : from the Altai Mountains to central Nepal. Its natural habitat is temperate forests. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Langtang National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-capped Redstart sighting in Langtang National Park on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 213th most-seen of the 225 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, and over a week to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
November and December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-capped Redstart in Langtang National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January to October, the lowest months. Those are among Langtang National Park's driest months, with about 15 mm of rain a month against 390 mm in July.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Blue-capped Redstart sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Langtang National Park, in our data
Langtang National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Blue-capped Redstart sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Phoenicurus
The closest relatives of the Blue-capped Redstart that you can see in Langtang National Park (genus Phoenicurus, True Redstarts) are Blue-fronted Redstart (about 50%), Plumbeous Water Redstart (about 40%) and Black Redstart (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Blue-capped Redstart is recorded against all the birds logged in Langtang National Park (6 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.
