Przevalski's redstart (''Phoenicurus alaschanicus''), also known as the Ala Shan redstart, is a species of
bird
Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweigh ...
in the family
Muscicapidae
The Old World flycatchers are a large family, the Muscicapidae, of small passerine birds restricted to the Old World (Europe, Africa and Asia), with the exception of several vagrants and two species, Bluethroat (''Luscinia svecica)'' and Norther ...
.
[IOC World Bird Lis]
Family Muscicapidae
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It is endemic
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to China
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.
Its natural habitat
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is temperate forest
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s.
It is threatened by habitat loss
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.
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Przevalski's redstart
Przevalski's redstart (''Phoenicurus alaschanicus''), also known as the Ala Shan redstart, is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae.IOC World Bird LisFamily Muscicapidae/ref>
It is endemic to China.
Its natural habitat is temperate fores ...
Birds of North China
Birds of Central China
Endemic birds of China
Przevalski's redstart
Przevalski's redstart (''Phoenicurus alaschanicus''), also known as the Ala Shan redstart, is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae.IOC World Bird LisFamily Muscicapidae/ref>
It is endemic to China.
Its natural habitat is temperate fores ...
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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