Blue-fronted Robin
Cinclidium frontale
蓝额地鸲
Distribution & Habitat
The species occurs across South and Southeast Asia, with documented populations in Bhutan, China, Northeast India, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its presence in Nepal remains unconfirmed. It inhabits temperate forest environments, typically occurring in mountainous regions with adequate forest cover.
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Taxonomy
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Muscicapidae
- Genus
- Cinclidium
- eBird Code
- blfrob1
Subspecies (2)
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Cinclidium frontale frontale
Himalayan foothills of eastern Nepal, Sikkim, and southwestern China
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Cinclidium frontale orientale
mountains of northwestern Thailand, northern Vietnam (Tonkin), and Laos
Data Sources
Species description from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.