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Length 15 cm, weight 11-20 g. Sexually dimorphic.<br/ > | Length 15 cm, weight 11-20 g. Sexually dimorphic.<br/ > | ||
Both sexes have black bill and feet.<br/ > | Both sexes have black bill and feet.<br/ > | ||
| − | '''Male''': Crown and nape grey, edged with silver; throat, lores, and cheeks black; mantle and wings brownish-black, with a large, white wing patch; remaining plumage reddish-rufous, with darker | + | '''Male''': Crown and nape grey, edged with silver; throat, lores, and cheeks black; mantle and wings brownish-black, with a large, white wing patch; remaining plumage reddish-rufous, with darker central tail feathers.<br/ > |
'''Female''': brown, with a large, white wing-patch, buffy eyering; tail reddish-rufous like male, but more dull; vent may also be rufous. | '''Female''': brown, with a large, white wing-patch, buffy eyering; tail reddish-rufous like male, but more dull; vent may also be rufous. | ||
[[Image:Daurian redstart fem 8400 nware DSCN0646.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Female<br />Photo by {{user|Neil|Neil}}<br />[[Hong Kong]], [[China]], March 2008 ]] | [[Image:Daurian redstart fem 8400 nware DSCN0646.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Female<br />Photo by {{user|Neil|Neil}}<br />[[Hong Kong]], [[China]], March 2008 ]] | ||
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- Phoenicurus auroreus
Identification
Length 15 cm, weight 11-20 g. Sexually dimorphic.
Both sexes have black bill and feet.
Male: Crown and nape grey, edged with silver; throat, lores, and cheeks black; mantle and wings brownish-black, with a large, white wing patch; remaining plumage reddish-rufous, with darker central tail feathers.
Female: brown, with a large, white wing-patch, buffy eyering; tail reddish-rufous like male, but more dull; vent may also be rufous.
Confusion species
Güldenstädt's Redstart is larger, with a larger white wing patch and silver-white crown and nape in the male, female much paler and lacking the white wing patch. Male Hodgson's Redstart paler, with white eyebrow and smaller, narrower wing patch. Male White-throated Redstart with white throat patch, wing patch a long thin streak with white tertial edges. The southern subspecies of Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus samamisicus differs in white fringes on the secondaries, rather than a solid white patch. Black Redstart without white wing patch in either sex; males also more extensively black on the breast, and females greyer.
Distribution
Breeds from northeastern Asia to southwestern China, winters in southern Japan, southern China, Taiwan, northern Indochina, and Myanmar.
Taxonomy
Subspecies
There are two subspecies[1]:
- P. a. auroreus:
- P. a. leucopterus:
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- Male differs from male P. a. auroreus in slightly more extensive black throat, darker grey crown and more intense orange underparts; female marginally darker[2].
Habitat
Breeds in summer in subalpine forest, winters in lower deciduous scrub and cultivated land. Usually a common bird in suitable habitat.
Behaviour
Like other redstarts, frequently shivers or shakes its tail.
Diet
The diet includes insects, seeds and berries.
Vocalisation
Song: a series of clear whistled notes
Call: may be a few soft whistles followed by tac, tac notes, or a sharp peep or hit, wheet.
<flashmp3>Daurian Redstart and Chinese Bamboo Partridge NE Sichuan April 011.mp3</flashmp3>
Listen in an external program
Starts with Daurian Redstart, other calls include Chinese Bamboo Partridge, Oriental Greenfinch and a bulbul
Recording by china guy, Sichuan, China, September 2011
References
- Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
- Del Hoyo, J, A Elliot, and D Christie, eds. 2005. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 10: Cuckoo-Shrikes to Thrushes. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8487334726
- Birding In Taiwan
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Daurian Redstart. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 29 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Daurian_Redstart
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