White-capped Water-redstart
Chaimarrornis leucocephalus
White-capped Water-redstart, Shemgang, Bhutan, April 2008 - click for larger image

Bhutan
April 2008

The White-capped Water-redstart is distributed from Afghanistan through the Himalayas to central and north-east China and northern Vietnam. It is found along rapid mountain streams mainly between 2,400 and 4,200 metres but can be lower and higher.

White-capped Water-redstart, Deothang, Samdrup Jongkhar, Bhutan, April 2008 - click for larger image It has a white cap, rufous rump and tail with a black terminal band. Underparts are rufous apart from the black throat and breast. Photo 1 shows a typical pose with a partly fanned tail which is wagged and drooping wings. Sexes are similar visually.

There is a recording on xeno-canto .
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