Daurian Redstart - Phoenicurus auroreus

General Information

Common Name : Daurian Redstart
Scientific Name : Phoenicurus auroreus (Pallas, 1776)

Order : Passeriformes
Family : Muscicapidae
Taxonomic Group : Passeriformes - Muscicapidae ( Old World flycatchers )

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General Species Profile

Taxonomy

Clements Checklist of Birds of the World 6.4 December 2009 Updated

Common Name : Daurian Redstart
Scientific Name : Phoenicurus auroreus
Order : Passeriformes Family : Muscicapidae (Old World Flycatchers)
Number of SubSpecies : 2

Taxon Category	Sub Species / Race	Range
subspecies	Phoenicurus auroreus auroreus	S Siberia to Mongolia; > to Japan and Ryukyu Islands
subspecies	Phoenicurus auroreus leucopterus	W China to se Tibet and nw Thailand; > to n Myanmar

Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World 2006

3rd Edition, 2003. Revised and Corrected per Corrigenda to December 31, 2006

Common Name : Daurian Redstart
Scientific Name : Phoenicurus auroreus
SubFamily : Saxicolinae (Chats)

Number of SubSpecies : 2

Sub Species / Race
Phoenicurus auroreus leucopterus
Phoenicurus auroreus auroreus

IOC World Bird Names (version 2.2)

IOC Common Name : Daurian Redstart
IOC Scientific Name : Phoenicurus auroreus

Distribution :
Region : EU Range : c, e
Non Breeding Range : s China, ne India

Order : PASSERIFORMES Family : Muscicapidae
Category : Chats, Old World Flycatchers

A Synopsis of the Birds of India and Pakistan

SYNOPIS NO : 1677

Scientific Name: Phoenicurus auroreus
Common Name: Daurian Redstart

Birdlife International Checklist Ver 3 June 2010

Common Name : Daurian Redstart
Scientific Name : Phoenicurus auroreus ((Pallas, 1776))
Birdlife Synonym :

BirdLife Redlist Status Year 2010: LC
BirdLife Species FactSheet for Daurian Redstart ( Phoenicurus auroreus )

Taxonomy Treatment : R

International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

IUCN Common Name (Eng) : Daurian Redstart
Scientific Name : Phoenicurus auroreus (Pallas, 1776)
IUCN Redlist Species FactSheet for Daurian Redstart ( Phoenicurus auroreus )

Species : auroreus
Genus : Phoenicurus
Family : Muscicapidae Order : Passeriformes

IUCN RedList Status : LC

IUCN RedList Criteria Version : 3.1
IUCN RedList Year Assessed : 2008
IUCN RedList Petitioned : N

Oriental Bird Club Checklist Draft Novemebr 2009

Family : MUSCICAPIDAE

Scientific Name : Phoenicurus auroreus
Common Name : Daurian Redstart

Bibliography

Bibliography of Daurian Redstart ( Phoenicurus auroreus )
Number of Results found : 15

1. Craig Robson , (2005), Daurian Redstart (Phoenicurus auroreus), BIRDS OF SOUTH-EAST ASIA; New Holland Publishers Ltd, : 97.

2. Shigeho SATO and Atsushi SAKAI , (2005), Birds as dispersers of Mallotus japonicus in a coniferous plantation, Japanese Journal of Ornithology, 54.1: 23 - 28.

3. Bai M.-L., Wichmann F., MÃ�Â¼hlenberg M. , (2005), Nest-site characteristics of hole-nesting birds in a primeval boreal forest of Mongolia., Acta Ornithologica, 40:1: 1 - 14.

4. RS Kennedy; PC Gozales; EC Dickinson; HC Miranda Jr; TH Fisher , (2000), Daurian Redstart (Phoenicurus auroreus), A GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF THE PHILIPPINES; Oxford University Press, USA, : 54.

5. Woo-Shin Lee; Tae-Hoe Koo; Jin-Young Park , (2000), Daurian Redstart (Phoenicurus auroreus), A FIELD GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF KOREA; LG Evergreen Foundation,Korea, : .

6. Krys Kazmierczak; Ber van Perlo , (2000), Daurian Redstart (Phoenicurus auroreus), A FIELD GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT; Yale University Press, : 262.

7. Robson C; , (2000), From the field: Bangladesh, Oriental Bird Club Bulletin, 31:June: 49.

8. Carol Inskipp; Tim Inskipp; Richard Grimmett , (1999), Daurian Redstart (Phoenicurus auroreus), HELM FIELD GUIDES - BIRDS of BHUTAN; A&C Black, : 128.

9. Salim Ali; S Dillon RipleyÂ , (1997), No. 1677. Daurian Redstart (Phoenicurus auroreus leucopterus ) (Blyth), Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan; Oxford University Press, New Delhi, Volume 8 (Warblers to Redstarts ): 266.

10. Knox, A. G. , (1993), Daurian Redstart in Scotland: captive origin and the British List., Br. Birds, 86: 359 - 366.

11. He, C., et al. , (1990), [Breeding habits of Phoenicurus auroreus in Forestry Center of Liangping County, Sichuan Province.], Sichuan Journal of Zoology, 9(2): 37 - 38.

12. Wheeler, P. , (1988), Origin of Isle of May Daurian Redstart., Birding World, 1: 219.

13. Lobkov EG; , (1984 ), Faunistic findings of birds in Kamchatka (USSR) in 1972-1981, Byulleten' Moskovskogo Obshchestva Ispytatelei Prirody Otdel Biologicheskii, : - 41.

14. Bohme, I. R. , (1984), Acoustical communication of Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus Vig., Non-serial, : .

15. Kunihiko Sugiura , (1974), On traffic accidents of birds on Ise highway, Mie Prefecture, Journal of the Yamashina Institute for Ornithology, 7:3: 293 - 308.

Book Excerpts

The Birds of India - Vol - II Part - I (1863)

Reeves' Redstart (Ruticilla aurorea)

500. Ruticilla aurorea, Pallas.

Motacilla, apud Pallas - Horsf., Cat. 474 - Blyth, Cat. 983 (In part) - Schlegel, Faun. Japon, pl. 21 - Phaen. Reevesii, Gray, and McLelland, P. Z. S., 1839 - R. leucoptera, Blyth.

Reeves' Redstart.

Descr. - A narrow band on the forehead, lores, car-coverts, throat, fore-part of breast, back, upper wing-coverts, apical and basal portion of the secondaries and tertiaries, and the two middle tail feathers, black ; the latter changing to dusky brown; exterior margin of the outer tail feathers, and apical margin of the rest dusky brown black; medial portion of both webs of the secondaries and tertiaries, white ; crown of head and back of neck slaty ash, rather whitish above the ear-coverts, and on the nape ; breast, abdomen, under wing-coverts, upper and lower tail-coverts, and the tail, deep rufous.

The female is brown above, the wing patch rufescent white ; beneath rufescent, upper and lower tail-coverts and the tail (except the medial feathers which are dusky brown), rufous.

Bill and legs black. Length 5 3/4 Inches; wing 2 7/8; tail 2 1/2; bill at front 3/8; tarsus rather more than 3/4.

This Redstart has only been found in the more eastern portion of the Himalayas, in Bootan, coming south into the hill ranges of Assam, during the cold season. In the summer it is found in Siberia, Japan, and probably through great part of China.

The Avifauna of British India and its dependencies - Vol I (1888)

Daurian Redstart (Ruticilla aurorea)

399. Ruticilla aurorea, (Gmel)

Jerd. B. ind. ii. p. 139, No. 500; Wald. in Bl. B. Burm., p. 201 ; Hume Str. F. iii. p. 135 ; Oates, B. Br. Burm. i. p. 16. Motacilla aurorea, Gmel., Syst. Nat. i., p. 976.-

The Daurian Redstart.

A narrow line on the forehead, lores, cheeks, chin, ear coverts, and throat black; remainder of lower surface with the axillaries and under wing coverts deep chestnut. Head, nape, and upper back slaty grey; most of the feathers slightly tipped with brown ; back, scapulars and wing coverts black, sometimes margined with grey; rump and upper tail coverts chestnut j tail chestnut, except the central pair and the terminal half of the outer web of the outer pair of feathers, which are black; wings very dark brown ; nearly black on the secondaries, which have a large white patch at the base of each feather.

The female differs from the male in having the whole under parts light brown, tinged with rufous on the vent and under tail coverts; head, sides of head and neck, back, and scapulars olive brown; rump and upper tail coverts chestnut; wings and wing coverts brown ,* each feather margined paler, and the spot on the secondaries smaller than in the male ; tail chestnut, the black parts in the male being replaced by brown ; bill and legs black ; irides brownish.

Length.-5.75 inches; tail 2.5 ; wing 2.9; tarsus 0.9; culmen 0.6.

Hab.- S.-E. Himalayas, Bhootan, Assam, and Eastern Bengal and Burmah during winter. It summers in S.-E. Siberia, E. Mongolia, North China, and the mountains of Japan. It has also been recorded as occurring during winter in the Malay Peninsula.

The Fauna Of British India including Ceylon and Burma 1st Ed. Vol II (1890)

Daurian Redstart (Ruticilla aurorea)

641. Ruticilla aurorea.

The Daurian Redstart.

Motacilla aurorea, Fall. Rein. Russ. Reichs, iii, p. 695 (1776). Phoenicura leucoptera, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xii, p. 962 (1843) Ruticilla leucoptera (Bl.), Blyth, Cat. p. 168. Ruticilla aurorea (Pall.), Horsf. & M. Cat. i, p. 305; Jerd. B. I. ii, p. 139; Hume, Cat. no. 500; Seebohm, Cat. B. M. v, p. 345; Oates, B. B. i, p. 16; Hume, S. F. xi, p. 195.

Reeves' Redstart, Jerd.

Coloration. Male. After the autumn moult the forehead, crown, nape, and mantle are slaty grey, the feathers fringed with slaty brown, the portion over the eye and along the sides of the neck purer grey; lower back, scapulars, and wing-coverts black with fulvous margins; rump, upper tail-coverts, and tail chestnut, except the middle pair of feathers of the latter, which are black ; quills black, each secondary with a patch of white, forming a large wing-spot; feathers at base of bill, chin, throat, and sides of head black, with whitish margins ; remainder of lower plumage chestnut. In the spring and summer the fringes of the feathers are much reduced in extent, but seldom entirely lost except on the throat.

Female. Everywhere brown, paler beneath and albescent on the abdomen ; a circle of pale feathers round the eye; rump, upper tail-coverts, and tail as in the male ; wings brown edged with fulvous, and the secondaries with white patches as in the male, but reduced in extent and slightly fulvous.

Legs and feet black; bill blackish brown to black, yellow or yellowish at gape in the male and sometimes on base of lower mandible also ; iris deep brown (Hume).

Length about 6; tail 2.5; wing 2.9; tarsus .9; bill from gape .65.

Distribution. A winter visitor to Bhutan; Assam ; the Khasi hills; Cachar; Sylhet; the Naga hills; Manipur; Thayetmyo. In winter this species extends to Java and Timor, and in summer it is found in Siberia, Mongolia, Japan, and China.

The Fauna Of British India including Ceylon and Burma 2nd Ed. Vol II (1924)

Daurian Redstart (Phaenicurus auroreus)

(528) Phaenicurus auroreus.

The DAURIAN Redstart.

Motacilla aurorea Pall.,Beis. Buss. Beichs,iii.p. 695 (1776) (Selenka, Lake Baikal). Ruticilla aurorea. Blanf. & Oates, ii, p. 93.

Vernacular names. None recorded.

Description. - Male in Summer. Forehead to mantle slaty-grey; sides of head and neck, throat, upper breast and back black; rump, upper tail-coverts and remainder of lower plum age chestnut; central tail-feathers black, chestnut at the base, lateral tail-feathers all chestnut; median and innermost greater wing-coverts white.

In Winter the grey parts are edged with dull rufous : the black parts are fringed with rufous above and rufous-grey below; the wing-feathers edged with pale fulvous.

Colours of soft parts. Iris dark brown; bill black or, fide Hume, dark brownish yellow or yellowish at gape and sometimes on base of lower mandible; legs and feet black.

Measurements. Total length about 150 to 160 mm.; wing 70 to 77 mm.; tail 58 to 60 mm.; tarsus 23 mm.; culmen 10 to 11 mm.

Female. Above olive-brown; lores and a ring of feathers round the eye almost white; rump, tail and wings as in the male but the black replaced by brown; below fulvous-brown, paling to fulvous on the vent and under tail-coverts.

Young male. Like the female but darker and browner above and tinged with chestnut on breast.

Nestling. Above fulvous, each feather boldly edged with dark brown; rump and tail as in the adult; below dull ashy-white, the breast and flank-feathers edged with brown.

Distribution. Hartert accepts three races of this "Redstart, i. e.: - Phaenicurus auroreus auroreus: type-locality, Lake Baikal. ( - Phaenicurus reevesii, 1851: Cantor [Gray's Zool. Misc. 1832, China].) Phaenicurus auroreus filchneri, 1907: Kintschai and Pinling, N.E. China. Phaenicurus auroreus leucopterus, 1843: Malacca.

I cannot separate these races. The breeding-area of the species auroreus, as far as is known at present, extends from Lake Baikal through East Siberia, Mongolia, Manchuria, Korea to Japan and also to extreme North-East China. In "Winter they migrate South to South China, Formosa, some of the Islands of Malaysia and the Indo-Chinese countries as far West as Assam. The winter birds throughout the whole of this area are identical in size and coloration; thus in the huge series in the British Museum Collection we have the following wing-measurements: - Siberia, 70 to 76 mm.; China, 70 to 72 mm.; Japan, 70 to 75 mm.; Corea, 71 to 75 mm.; Assam, 70 to 76 mm.; Sikkim (1), 76 mm.; Yunnan (5), 76 mm. As regards colour there is a small series of five birds in non-breeding plumage which are rather pale but these are matched by individuals from Assam to Chi-hli. Hartert says that there is a dark form found in winter from Malacca to Burma and Assam of which the breeding haunts are not yet known. I can, however, see no difference between specimens from these countries and those from South China which are, presumably, migratory birds from Transbaikalia and Eastern Siberia etc. La Touches breeding birds from North-East Chi-hli are identical with Assam birds taken in March and April, all of which are in full breeding-dress. Under the above circumstances I do not attempt to split P. auroreus into races.

Nidification. La Touche says that this Redstart is common in North-East Chi-hli breeding in the hills during May, June and July. He describes the nests as pads or rough shallow cups made of moss, soft grass-strips and feathers always placed in holes in walls and rocks. The eggs he took were of two different types, one with a white to pink ground-colour, speckled, stippled or blotched with pale burnt sienna and with underlying spots of reddish violet. These markings generally form a ring or cap at the larger end and are sparse elsewhere. The other type has the ground-colour a pale green. Thirty-seven eggs average 19.0 x 14.1 mm.

Habits. There is little on record about the habits of this Redstart but they appear to be quite typical of the genus. It breeds in the Chinese mountains from 5,000 feet upwards and is common in South China, the Indo-Chinese countries and Assam in winter. According to Stevens it is a familiar bird frequenting compounds, gardens and cultivation rather than forest and jungle.

The Fauna Of British India including Ceylon and Burma 2nd Ed. Vol VII (1930)

Phoenicurus auroreus

Phoenicurus auroreus Pallas.

Motacilla aurorea Pallas, Reise Russ. Reich., vol. iii, p. 695, 1776: Selenka, Lake Baikal.

Sylvia (Phoenicurus) reevesii Gray, Zool. Miscell., p. 1, Feb. 19, 1831: China.

Phoenicura leucoptera Blyth, J. A. S. B., vol. xii, p. 962, 1843: Malay Peninsula.

Erithacus auroreus filcheri Parrot, Filcher's Exped. Chin. Tibet, Zool. Bot. Engebn., p. 130, 1907: Kintschi, China.

Museum Collections

Number of Museum Specimen Records Found : 6 for Phoenicurus auroreus

No.	Museum	Species	Collection Deatils	Collector	Date of Collection	Record	Locality	GBIF Portal Link
1	Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University	Phoenicurus auroreus leucopterus	MCZ BIRDS 34111	Jerdon		Specimen	India Asia Southern Asia	Link
2	Yale University Peabody Museum	Phoenicurus auroreus leucopterus	YPM ORN ORN.043261	C. M. Inglis	1894-01-28 00:00:00.0	Specimen	Cachar District Assam State India Southern Asia	Link
3	Yale University Peabody Museum	Phoenicurus auroreus leucopterus	YPM ORN ORN.043262	H. N. Collact	1901-12-26 00:00:00.0	Specimen	Margherita Lakhimpur District Assam State India Southern Asia	Link
4	Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University	Phoenicurus auroreus leucopterus	MCZ BIRDS 34099	Jerdon	1920-10-21 00:00:00.0	Specimen	Sikkim? India Asia Southern Asia	Link
5	University of Michigan Museum of Zoology	Phoenicurus auroreus leucopterus	UMMZ Bird 181044	Koelz, Walter N	1950-12-29 00:00:00.0	Specimen	Kanglatongbi Manipur India Southern Asia	Link
6	University of Michigan Museum of Zoology	Phoenicurus auroreus leucopterus	UMMZ Bird 181043	Koelz, Walter N	1951-01-14 00:00:00.0	Specimen	Kohima Naga Hills Assam India Southern Asia	Link

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Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University ( 2 Records )

University of Michigan Museum of Zoology ( 2 Records )

Yale University Peabody Museum ( 2 Records )

Sound/Call

2 calls found for Phoenicurus auroreus

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Remarks:
Call Type: song (no score)

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