Blue‑fronted Redstart Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Ficedula albicilla
Family : Muscicapidae
Order : Passeriformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Habitat : Villages
Description : The Blue-fronted Redstart is a small passerine whose male is visibly different from the female (male: Length 15 cm, weight 17 g, wing 9 cm, bill 1.7 cm, tarsus 2.5 cm, tail 7 cm female: wing 8 cm, bill 1.5 cm, tarsus 2.2 cm, tail 6.7 cm approximately). The male looks blue from above and chestnut-orange from below. Its forehead, wing, throat and breast are blue. Its belly and rump are orange. Its tail has a broad, black terminal band. The female looks dark brown from above and olive-brown to orange-brown from below. It has orange-red rump and orange wash to the belly and vent. It feeds on insects, berries and seeds. It breeds in May-August.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Turdus unicolor
(Eyebrowed Thrush) -
Ficedula tricolor
(Snowy‑browed Flycatcher) -
Cyornis banyumas
(Tickell's Blue-flycatcher) -
Ficedula parva
(Red-throated (Taiga) Flycatcher) -
Ficedula sapphira
(Ultramarine Flycatcher) -
Niltava grandis
(Verditer Flycatcher) -
Saxicola insignis
(White-throated (Hodgson’s) Bushchat) -
Zoothera marginata
(Long‑billed Thrush) -
Calliope tschebaiewi
(White‑tailed Blue Robin) -
Zoothera monticola
(Scaly Thrush)
Species groups
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Bee-eaters -
Booby -
frigatebird -
phalarope -
tropicbird -
Martins and Swallows -
Crows, Drongos & allies -
Woodpeckers -
Eared Nightjars -
Ibises & Spoonbills -
Trogons -
Coucals -
Pelicans -
Darters -
Gulls -
Warblers and allies -
Flowerpeckers & Sunbirds -
Sparrows, Wagtails, Pipits a& allies -
moonbird -
Hawks & Eagles -
Snipes, Sandpipers, Plovers & allies -
Small Kingfishers -
Cisticola & Prinia -
Plovers & Lapwings -
Rails, Gallinules & Coots -
Tits -
Parrots -
Rosefinches and Buntings -
Bustards -
Grebes -
Pheasants & Partridges -
Old World flycatcher -
Starlings and Mynas -
Hornbills -
Buttonquails -
Rollers -
Bluebirds -
Crested Kingfishers -
Cormorants -
Pigeons and Doves -
Jacanas -
Typical Owl -
Finfoots &booby -
Flamingo -
Herons and Bitterns -
Treecreepers -
Nuthatch -
Barbets -
Treeswifts -
Swifts -
Crab-plovers, Coursers and Pratincoles -
Bulbuls -
Frogmouths -
Larks -
Storks -
Broadbills -
Thick-knees -
Painted-snipes -
Nightjars -
Barn-owls -
Large-billed Kingfishers -
Falcons -
Pittas -
Cranes -
Whistling-ducks -
Ducks, Geese & Swans -
Hoopoe
References:
description written by:Sharmin Rahman,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;Photo credit and copyright:Syed Abbas (Birdwing,Bangladesh);taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;bird song owner:Ding Li Yong(www.xeno-canto.org/Ding Li Yong), bird sound copyright reserved according to www.xeno-canto.org rules; more information, please contact us.
description written by:Sharmin Rahman,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;Photo credit and copyright:Syed Abbas (Birdwing,Bangladesh);taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;bird song owner:Ding Li Yong(www.xeno-canto.org/Ding Li Yong), bird sound copyright reserved according to www.xeno-canto.org rules; more information, please contact us.