The blue-capped redstart (Phoenicurus caeruleocephala) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is found in most of the Himalayas and the northern parts of the Indian Subcontinent, with its range extending across Tajikistan and Afghanistan into India, from Jammu & Kashmir eastwards across Himachal Pradesh and Uttaranchal, to Nepal and Bhutan, and further east to Arunachal Pradesh and adjoining regions. Its natural habitat is temperate forests.