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'''Alternative name: Plumbeous Redstart''' | '''Alternative name: Plumbeous Redstart''' | ||
[[Image:Plumbeous_Water_Redstart.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Male<br />Photo by {{user|Yeshey+Dorji|Yeshey Dorji}}<br />Dodoina, Western [[Bhutan]].]] | [[Image:Plumbeous_Water_Redstart.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Male<br />Photo by {{user|Yeshey+Dorji|Yeshey Dorji}}<br />Dodoina, Western [[Bhutan]].]] | ||
| − | ;[[:Category: | + | ;[[:Category:Phoenicurus|Phoenicurus]] fuliginosa |
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
5.5" (14 cm.) Strong sexual dimorphism. Male: tail, rump, and vent are reddish-rufous, the remainder of the plumage a rich, dark slate-blue. Female: bases of outer tail feathers, rump, and vent white, remainder of tail black; grey above, pale eye-ring; wings black with white tips; throat, breast, and belly plumage white with dark feather edges, giving a strongly scaled appearance. Both sexes have black bills, feet brown. | 5.5" (14 cm.) Strong sexual dimorphism. Male: tail, rump, and vent are reddish-rufous, the remainder of the plumage a rich, dark slate-blue. Female: bases of outer tail feathers, rump, and vent white, remainder of tail black; grey above, pale eye-ring; wings black with white tips; throat, breast, and belly plumage white with dark feather edges, giving a strongly scaled appearance. Both sexes have black bills, feet brown. | ||
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==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
Two subspecies recognized: | Two subspecies recognized: | ||
| − | * '' | + | * ''P. f. fuliginosus'' from [[Pakistan]] east to [[India]], [[Nepal]], [[Bhutan]], [[Burma]], southeast [[Tibet]], western [[China]] and to northern [[Vietnam]] |
| − | * '' | + | * ''P. f. affinis'' in [[Taiwan]] |
| − | + | Formerly placed in genus ''[[:Category:Rhyacornis|Rhyacornis]]''. | |
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
[[Image:Plumbeous_Redstart_Juvenile.JPG|thumb|350px|right|Juvenile<br />{{user|aloktewari|Alok Tewari}}<br />Uttarakhand, [[India]].]] | [[Image:Plumbeous_Redstart_Juvenile.JPG|thumb|350px|right|Juvenile<br />{{user|aloktewari|Alok Tewari}}<br />Uttarakhand, [[India]].]] | ||
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Song a rapid metallic ''streee-treee-tree-treeeh'', call note a sharp ''ziet, ziet''. | Song a rapid metallic ''streee-treee-tree-treeeh'', call note a sharp ''ziet, ziet''. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
| − | #{{Ref- | + | #{{Ref-Clements6thAug13}}#Avibase |
{{ref}} | {{ref}} | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
| − | {{GSearch| | + | {{GSearch|Phoenicurus+fuliginos}} |
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{{Video|Plumbeous_Water_Redstart}} | {{Video|Plumbeous_Water_Redstart}} | ||
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Revision as of 14:08, 16 January 2014
Alternative name: Plumbeous Redstart
- Phoenicurus fuliginosa
Identification
5.5" (14 cm.) Strong sexual dimorphism. Male: tail, rump, and vent are reddish-rufous, the remainder of the plumage a rich, dark slate-blue. Female: bases of outer tail feathers, rump, and vent white, remainder of tail black; grey above, pale eye-ring; wings black with white tips; throat, breast, and belly plumage white with dark feather edges, giving a strongly scaled appearance. Both sexes have black bills, feet brown. Male has a solid rufous tail, lacking the black central tail feathers of other redstart species. Female somewhat resembles Little Forktail, but the latter has a white crown and a white wing-band extending to the back.
Distribution
Himalayas from Pakistan to N Indochina, Hainan and Taiwan, northward through all of eastern and central China as far as Hebei Province and Beijing.
Taxonomy
Two subspecies recognized:
- P. f. fuliginosus from Pakistan east to India, Nepal, Bhutan, Burma, southeast Tibet, western China and to northern Vietnam
- P. f. affinis in Taiwan
Formerly placed in genus Rhyacornis.
Habitat
Fast-flowing alpine streams
Behaviour
Song a rapid metallic streee-treee-tree-treeeh, call note a sharp ziet, ziet.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Plumbeous Water Redstart. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 26 April 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Plumbeous_Water_Redstart
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