Wildlifeof Singapore
Daurian Redstart
Muscicapidae
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Phoenicurus auroreus
Basic stats
Diet
Invertebrates
Range
Temperate Asia; winters in Korea, Japan, south-east coastal China, Taiwan, north-east India and parts of Southeast Asia
Size
14–15cm
Weight
11–20g
The Daurian redstart is a small passerine from temperate Asia, 14–15 cm long and 11–20 g, first described by Peter Simon Pallas in 1776. Like all typical redstarts it is strongly sexually dimorphic: breeding males have a grey crown and nape with a lighter forehead and crown sides, a black face and chin, a brownish mantle and wings and a large white wing patch, with the chest, lower back and rump orange and the tail black with orange sides (Wikipedia, general species account).
It is migratory; the nominate subspecies winters in Korea, Japan, south-east coastal China and Taiwan, and leucopterus in north-east India and parts of Southeast Asia. It breeds in the summer months (Wikipedia, general species account).
Quick answers
- What does the Daurian Redstart eat?
- Invertebrates
- Where is the Daurian Redstart found?
- Temperate Asia; winters in Korea, Japan, south-east coastal China, Taiwan, north-east India and parts of Southeast Asia
- How big is the Daurian Redstart?
- 14–15cm
- How much does the Daurian Redstart weigh?
- 11–20g