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Red-flanked Bluetail

Tarsiger cyanurus

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About the Red-flanked Bluetail

The red-flanked bluetail (Tarsiger cyanurus), also known as the orange-flanked bush-robin, is a small passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family. It breeds in mixed coniferous forests in northern Asia, parts of central Asia, and northeastern Europe. It is migratory, wintering mainly in southeast Asia, in the Indian subcontinent, the Himalayas, Taiwan, and northern Indochina.

Source: Wikipedia

Classification

Scientific name
Tarsiger cyanurus
Family
Old World Flycatchers
Order
Passeriformes

Similar species

Other members of the old world flycatchers family recorded in North America — a useful place to start if you are not certain of your identification.

  • Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
  • Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
  • Blue Rock-Thrush Monticola solitarius
  • Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
  • Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
  • Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
  • European Robin Erithacus rubecula
  • Gray-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa griseisticta
  • Mugimaki Flycatcher Ficedula mugimaki
  • Narcissus Flycatcher Ficedula narcissina
  • Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
  • Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka

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