Daurian Redstart: how to recognise it
A bird of Asia. Learn the marks that make it easy to identify, then practise with real photographs in Lore.
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- Scientific name
- Phoenicurus auroreus
- Family
- Old World Flycatchers, Robins, and Chats
- Size
- About 15 cm
- Habitat
- Open woodland, scrub and villages
- Found in
- Asia
The key marks
Male has a grey crown, black face and back, bright orange belly, rump and tail and a white patch on the wing. Black Redstart male is sooty black and grey with a rusty tail and lacks the orange belly and grey crown.
Voice
Soft 'tik-tik' calls and a short, thin warbling song.
Good to know
It perches in the open on low posts and shivers its orange tail.
Do not confuse with
Compare it with the Black Redstart. Look at the marks above one by one rather than the overall colour, and practise telling the two apart with real photos.
Where and when
You can expect to find it in open woodland, scrub and villages. It is especially common in China. Distribution changes with the seasons and from year to year, so check a recent local observation source before you go looking.