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[[Image:Daurian_Redstart.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Peter+de+Haas|Peter de Haas}}<br/ >Junam reservoir, [[Korea]]]]
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[[Image:Daurian_Redstart.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Adult male<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|Peter+de+Haas|Peter de Haas}}<br/ >Junam reservoir, [[Korea]], May 2005]]
 
;[[:Category:Phoenicurus|Phoenicurus]] auroreus
 
;[[:Category:Phoenicurus|Phoenicurus]] auroreus
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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6" (15 cm.) Sexually dimorphic.<br/ >
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Length 14-15 cm (5&frac12;-6 in), weight 11-20 g.  
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'''Male''':  
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<br />Sexually dimorphic. Both sexes have black bill and feet.<br/ >
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*Crown and nape grey, edged with silver
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'''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/ >
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*throat, lores, and cheeks black
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'''Female''': brown, with a large, white wing-patch, buffy eyering; tail reddish-rufous like male, but more dull; vent may also be rufous.  
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*mantle and wings brownish-black, with a large, white wing patch
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[[Image:Daurian redstart fem 8400 nware DSCN0646.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Female<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|Neil|Neil Fifer}}<br />[[Hong Kong]], [[China]], 27 March 2008 ]]
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*remaining plumage reddish-rufous, with darker-colored central tail feathers.
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====Similar species ====
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'''Female''':  
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[[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.
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*brown, with a large, white wing-patch, buffy eyering
 
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*tail reddish-rufous like male, but more dull
 
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*vent may also be rufous.   
 
  
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Both sexes with black bill and feet.
 
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====Confusion species ====
 
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[[White-winged 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.  [[Black Redstart]] without white wing patch in either sex.
 
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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Breeds from NE [[Asia]] to SW [[China]], winters in [[Japan]], S [[China]], [[Taiwan]], N [[Indochina]], and [[Myanmar]].
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Breeds from northeastern [[Asia]] to southwestern [[China]], winters in southern [[Japan]], southern [[China]], [[Taiwan]], northern [[Indochina]], and [[Myanmar]].
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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There are 2 subspecies:
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====Subspecies====
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There are two subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
 
*''P. a. auroreus'':
 
*''P. a. auroreus'':
 
:*Southern [[Siberia]] to [[Mongolia]]; winters to [[Japan]] and Ryukyu Islands
 
:*Southern [[Siberia]] to [[Mongolia]]; winters to [[Japan]] and Ryukyu Islands
 
*''P. a. leucopterus'':
 
*''P. a. leucopterus'':
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:*Western [[China]] to south-eastern [[Tibet]] and north-western [[Thailand]]; winters to northern [[Myanmar]]
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:*Western [[China]] to south-eastern [[Tibet]] and northwestern [[Thailand]]; winters to northern [[Myanmar]]
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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<sup>[[#References|[2]]]</sup>.
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
 
Breeds in summer in subalpine forest, winters in lower deciduous scrub and cultivated land. Usually a common bird in suitable habitat.   
 
Breeds in summer in subalpine forest, winters in lower deciduous scrub and cultivated land. Usually a common bird in suitable habitat.   
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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Frequently shivers or shakes the tail.
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Like other redstarts, frequently shivers or shakes its tail.
 
====Diet====
 
====Diet====
 
The diet includes insects, seeds and berries.
 
The diet includes insects, seeds and berries.
 
====Vocalisation====
 
====Vocalisation====
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Song a series of clear whistled notes; call may be a few soft whistles followed by <i>tac, tac</i> notes, or a sharp <i>peep</i> or <i>hit, wheet</i>.
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'''Song''':  a series of clear whistled notes<br />
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'''Call''': may be a few soft whistles followed by ''tac, tac'' notes, or a sharp ''peep'' or ''hit, wheet''.
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{{ Audio|Daurian Redstart and Chinese Bamboo Partridge NE Sichuan April 011.mp3 }}
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Starts with Daurian Redstart, other calls include [[Chinese Bamboo Partridge]], [[Oriental Greenfinch]] and a bulbul<br />
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Recording by {{user|china+guy|china guy}}, Sichuan, [[China]], September 2011
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==References==
 
==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thDec08}}#Birding In Taiwan
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug18}}#{{Ref-HBWVol10}}#Brazil, M. (2009): ''The Birds of East Asia: China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, and Russia''. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-13926-1
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#Collar, N. (2019). Daurian Redstart (''Phoenicurus auroreus''). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from https://www.hbw.com/node/58501 on 2 April 2019).
 
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==External Links==
 
==External Links==
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{{GSearch|Phoenicurus+auroreus}}  
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{{GSearch|"Phoenicurus auroreus" {{!}} "Daurian Redstart"}}
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Latest revision as of 14:09, 15 June 2023

Adult male
Photo © by Peter de Haas
Junam reservoir, Korea, May 2005
Phoenicurus auroreus

Identification

Length 14-15 cm (5½-6 in), 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.

Female
Photo © by Neil Fifer
Hong Kong, China, 27 March 2008

Similar 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:
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.

Starts with Daurian Redstart, other calls include Chinese Bamboo Partridge, Oriental Greenfinch and a bulbul
Recording by china guy, Sichuan, China, September 2011

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. 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
  3. Brazil, M. (2009): The Birds of East Asia: China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, and Russia. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-13926-1
  4. Collar, N. (2019). Daurian Redstart (Phoenicurus auroreus). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from https://www.hbw.com/node/58501 on 2 April 2019).

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External Links

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