📸 PhotoPhoto: Laitche · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons Source
Daurian Redstart
Phoenicurus auroreus (Daurian Redstart · ジョウビタキ)
💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed
- 💡 Perched on fences and posts quivering its tail, it is a conspicuous sight near villages (Hong Kong Bird Watching Society).
- 💡 There are records of males repeatedly lunging at their own reflection in windows (Hong Kong Bird Watching Society).
Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.
📖 1. Overview
The Daurian Redstart is a small bird notable for the male's silver-gray head and orange belly and rump.
🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology
Males have a silver-gray crown and nape, a black face, chin, back, and wings, an orange belly and rump, and a large white wing patch. Females are gray-brown with an orange rump and outer tail feathers.
🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior
Perched on high spots such as bushes and fences, it quivers its tail before pouncing on insects on the ground or in the air, and also eats berries.
🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea
No direct record connecting this species to Korea has been found.
📚 Sources & References
- • IUCN Red List LC (2024) — https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22710066/263874453
- • IUCN Red List category LC — latest assessment at iucnredlist.org
- • doi.org — avilist.v2026
- • iucnredlist.org — 263874453
- • 국가생물종목록(국립생물자원관) ktsn 120000002118 — https://species.nibr.go.kr/home/mainHome.do?cont_link=009&subMenu=009002&contCd=009002&ktsn=120000002118
- • wikidata.org — Q616456
- • commons.wikimedia.org — File:Daurian redstart (female) in Sakai, Osaka, February 201
- • avifauna.hkbws.org.hk — 051100
- • Silhouette: PhyloPic — Martin Bulla, based on François Desbordes' illustration · CC BY 4.0 (Congeneric silhouette — Phoenicurus ochruros)
Recorded dimensions are widely cited representative estimates from public literature and may vary by study or specimen.