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Luscinia phaenicuroides
Diet
Invertebrates (SoIB guild)
Habitat
Temperate forest; alpine and cold desert in SoIB
Range
Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand and Vietnam
The white-bellied redstart is a bird of the family Muscicapidae found in Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand and Vietnam, where its natural habitat is temperate forest. It was previously the only species in the genus Hodgsonius; a large molecular phylogenetic study published in 2010 found it part of a clade that included the common nightingale, and it was moved to Luscinia (Wikipedia, general species account).
The cached account gives no description, measurements, diet or breeding information. SoIB 2023 rates it a Moderate conservation priority, an altitudinal migrant of alpine and cold desert that eats invertebrates, with a Restricted range of about 22,000 km² and insufficient data on trends (Wikipedia, general species account; SoIB 2023).