Species profile
Red-flanked Bluetail
Tarsiger cyanurus
Quick answer
breeds from Finland and northern Russia to east to Mongolia, northeast China, Korea, and Japan; resident in Japan (except for Hokkaido), otherwise winters to southern China, Taiwan, Indochina, Myanmar, and Thailand
- Scientific name
- Tarsiger cyanurus
- Family
- Muscicapidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Tarsiger
- Conservation status
- Endangered
Recording Red-flanked Bluetail in your journal
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- Ala Shan Redstart (Phoenicurus alaschanicus)