Editing Red-flanked bluetail (section)

==Habitat==
It is a [[bird migration|migratory]] insectivorous species breeding in mixed [[conifer]]ous forests with undergrowth in northern [[Asia]] and northeastern [[Europe]], from [[Finland]] east across [[Siberia]] to [[Kamchatka]] and south to [[Japan]]. It winters mainly in southeastern Asia, in the [[Indian Subcontinent]], the [[Himalayas]], [[Taiwan]], and northern [[Indochina]]. The breeding range is slowly expanding westwards through Finland (where up to 500 pairs now breed), and it is a rare but increasing [[vagrancy (biology)|vagrant]] to Western Europe, mainly to [[Great Britain]].<ref name=Hoyo>{{cite book| editor-last = del Hoyo| editor-first = J.| display-editors = etal| title = Handbook of the Birds of the World, vol. 10| publisher = Lynx Edicions| year = 2005| location = Barcelona| pages = [https://archive.org/details/handbookofbirdso0001unse/page/754 754]| isbn = 84-87334-72-5| url = https://archive.org/details/handbookofbirdso0001unse/page/754}}</ref><ref>British Birds Rarities Committee [https://web.archive.org/web/20070903133742/http://www.bbrc.org.uk/pipitstothrushes.htm occurrences, 1950-2006]</ref><ref>Hudson, N. et al. (2009). Report on rare birds in Great Britain in 2008. ''British Birds'' 102: 572–573.</ref> There have also been a few records in [[North America]], mostly in western [[Alaska]] as well as one on [[San Clemente Island]] off the southern California coast<ref>National Geographic (1999). ''Field Guide to the Birds of North America'' 3rd ed. {{ISBN|0-7922-7451-2}}.</ref><ref>eBird: [http://ebird.org/content/ebird/news/RFBL_CA Red-flanked Bluetail in California] (Dec 2011)</ref> and one overwintering on the Central California coast in Santa Cruz, California, in 2023.<ref>eBird:[https://ebird.org/checklist/S131890156 eBird Checklist S131890156]</ref> One was also spotted in New Jersey in December 2023.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.lehighvalleylive.com/outdoors/2023/12/a-rare-sighting-has-birding-enthusiasts-from-all-over-flocking-to-nj-lehigh-valley-nature-watch.html | title=A rare sighting has birding enthusiasts from all over flocking to N.J. &#124; Lehigh Valley Nature Watch | date=9 December 2023 }}</ref>