Phoenicurus fuliginosus
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
The plumbeous water redstart (Phoenicurus fuliginosus) is a passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. It is found in South Asia, Southeast Asia and China. Males are slate blue in colour, while females are grey. The bird's common name refers to its colour which resembles lead. They tend to live near fast-moving streams and rivers.
The plumbeous water redstart belongs to the order Passeriformes and the family Muscicapidae. It was previously placed in the genus Rhyacornis but was moved to Phoenicurus based on the results of a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2010. The species consists of two recognized subspecies – Phoenicurus fuliginosus fuliginosus and Phoenicurus fuliginosus affinis. The former was described by Nicholas Aylward Vigors in 1831, while the latter was described by William Robert Ogilvie-Grant in 1906 and is found in Taiwan. In China, the female and first-year male redstarts appear more brown at the top, leading to the possibility of classifying them as a separate race tenuirostris.
The plumbeous water redstart is typically 14 centimetres (5.5 in) long in total, with an average weight of 22 grams (0.78... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Namdapha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Langtang National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 3 | Taroko National Park | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | |
| 4 | Jiuzhaigou National Park | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 5 | Royal Manas National Park | 🇧🇹 Bhutan | |
| 6 | Jim Corbett National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Doi Inthanon National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 8 | Manas National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | Royal Bardia National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 10 | Chitwan National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leofoo Village Theme Park | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | |
| 2 | Fonghuanggu Bird and Ecology Park | 🇹🇼 Taiwan |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Plumbeous Water Redstart sighting in Kunming on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 77th most-seen of the 99 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
November to April
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Plumbeous Water Redstart in Kunming on a given day, against under 5% in May to October, the lowest months. Those are among Kunming's driest months, with about 15 mm of rain a month against 180 mm in July.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Plumbeous Water Redstart sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
6th of 17
Of the 17 cities where we can rate Plumbeous Water Redstart sightings, Kunming ranks 6th at under 5%. The best odds are in Guiyang (China, about 30%), Lanzhou (China, about 20%) and Chengdu (China, about 10%).
Same genus: Phoenicurus
The closest relatives of the Plumbeous Water Redstart that you can see in Kunming (genus Phoenicurus, True Redstarts) are Daurian Redstart (about 20%) and Blue-fronted Redstart (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Plumbeous Water Redstart is recorded against all the birds logged in Kunming (7 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
