Blue-capped Rock-thrush Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Phoenicurus auroreus
Family : Muscicapidae
Order : Passeriformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Habitat : Coast
Description : Blue capped rock Thrush is a medium sized bird. Brightly-colored male is unmistakable with his black mask, sky-blue head, and orange rump and underparts. There is a white patch on the wing that is visible during flight. Female is gray-brown with scaled underparts and faint white eye crescents; similar to larger female Chestnut-bellied Rock-Thrush, but lacks prominent white “ear crescents”, has less densely-patterned underparts, and averages paler overall. Breeds in hilly and mountain areas, particularly open dry forests and rocky slopes with scattered trees. Descends in the winter; favors secondary forests and plantations.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Cochoa purpurea
(Orange‑headed Thrush) -
Ficedula westermanni
(Rusty-tailed Flycatcher) -
Saxicola insignis
(White-throated (Hodgson’s) Bushchat) -
Turdus unicolor
(Eyebrowed Thrush) -
Tarsiger hyperythrus
(Himalayan (Orange-flanked) Bush-robin) -
Ficedula hyperythra
(Rufous‑gorgeted Flycatcher) -
Turdus obscurus
(Tibetan Blackbird) -
Cyornis banyumas
(Tickell's Blue-flycatcher) -
Eumyias thalassinus
(Pale Blue-flycatcher) -
Tarsiger rufilatus
(White-browed Bush-robin)
Species groups
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Bee-eaters -
Booby -
frigatebird -
phalarope -
tropicbird -
Martins and Swallows -
Crows, Drongos & allies -
Woodpeckers -
Eared Nightjars -
Ibises & Spoonbills
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Trogons -
Coucals -
Pelicans -
Darters
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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
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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
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Typical Owl -
Finfoots &booby
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Flamingo
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Herons and Bitterns -
Treecreepers -
Nuthatch
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Barbets -
Treeswifts -
Swifts -
Crab-plovers, Coursers and Pratincoles -
Bulbuls -
Frogmouths
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Larks -
Storks -
Broadbills -
Thick-knees -
Painted-snipes
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Nightjars -
Barn-owls
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Large-billed Kingfishers -
Falcons -
Pittas -
Cranes -
Whistling-ducks -
Ducks, Geese & Swans -
Hoopoe
References:
taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;photo credit: John&Fish(www.inaturalist.org/people/John&Fish),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;Anon Torimimore information, please contact us.
taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;photo credit: John&Fish(www.inaturalist.org/people/John&Fish),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;Anon Torimimore information, please contact us.