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Daurian Redstart
Phoenicurus auroreus
25 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
White-winged RedstartPhoenicurus erythrogastrus
Hodgson's RedstartPhoenicurus hodgsoni
White-rumped ShamaCopsychus malabaricus
Grey-backed ThrushTurdus hortulorum
Long-tailed ShrikeLanius schach
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
Light-vented BulbulPycnonotus sinensis
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| China | 5,747 |
|---|---|
| Japan | 1,749 |
| South Korea | 1,589 |
| Taiwan | 1,405 |
| Taiwan Province | 1,143 |
| United States | 1,087 |
| Alaska | 1,087 |
| Russia | 914 |
| Hong Kong Special Administrative Region | 883 |
| Tokyo | 629 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Group and habits
- Cup nestingListed by a harvested source as building cup nests.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Tree nestingListed by a harvested source as nesting in trees.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Invertebrate eaterListed by a harvested source as primarily eating invertebrates.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Rock nestingListed by a harvested source as nesting on rocks or cliffs.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Ground nestingListed by a harvested source as nesting on the ground.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Cavity nestingListed by a harvested source as nesting in cavities.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Bamboo nestingListed by a harvested source as nesting in bamboo.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Crevice nestingListed by a harvested source as nesting in crevices.BIRDBASE avian traits database
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordates · Chordata |
| Class | Birds · Aves |
| Order | Perching Birds · Passeriformes |
| Family | Old World Flycatchers, Robins, and Chats · Muscicapidae |
| Genus | True Redstarts · Phoenicurus |
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Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- Traits: BIRDBASE avian traits database (CC BY 4.0)
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Daurian Redstart with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.