Phoenicurus auroreus
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In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
The Daurian redstart (Phoenicurus auroreus) is a small passerine bird from temperate Asia. The species was first described by Peter Simon Pallas in 1776. Its length is 14 to 15 cm and its weight is 11 to 20 g. Like all typical redstarts, they are strongly sexually dimorphic. Breeding males have a grey crown and nape with lighter forehead and crown-sides, a black face and chin, brownish mantle and wings and a large white wing patch; the chest, lower back and rump are orange, and the tail is black with orange sides. Juvenile males are similarly patterned but much duller and less clearly marked.
Females are warm brown above, paler below, have an orange rump and tail sides, and have a large white wing patch similar to the males. Bill, eye, legs and feet are black in both sexes. It was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family (Turdidae), but is now generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher (Muscicapidae).
It belongs to a close-knit Eurasian clade which also includes the black redstart (P. ochruros), Hodgson's redstart (P. hodgsoni... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taroko National Park | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | |
| 2 | Jiuzhaigou National Park | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 3 | Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park | 🇲🇳 Mongolia | |
| 4 | Kaziranga National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Namdapha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Nikko National Park | 🇯🇵 Japan | |
| 7 | Doi Inthanon National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 8 | Cuc Phuong National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 9 | Royal Manas National Park | 🇧🇹 Bhutan |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leipzig Zoological Garden | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 2 | Zoologischer Garten Leipzig | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 3 | Inokashira Park Zoo | 🇯🇵 Japan | |
| 4 | Wolfgang-Köhler-Primaten-Forschungszentrum | 🇩🇪 Germany |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Daurian Redstart sighting in Tuen Mun on a given day, based on 297 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 39th most-seen of the 183 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January and February
In those months about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Daurian Redstart in Tuen Mun on a given day, against under 5% in May to October, the lowest months. Those are among Tuen Mun's driest months, with about 30 mm of rain a month against 290 mm in June.
Between 3 and 6 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Daurian Redstart sightings with a recorded time, and about half of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
24th of 52
Of the 52 cities where we can rate Daurian Redstart sightings, Tuen Mun ranks 24th at about 20%. The best odds are in Guiyang (China, about 50%), Fukuoka (Japan, about 50%) and Busan (South Korea, about 50%).
Same family: Muscicapidae
The closest relatives of the Daurian Redstart that you can see in Tuen Mun (family Muscicapidae, Old World Flycatchers, Robins, and Chats) are Oriental Magpie-Robin (about 70%), Amur Stonechat (about 20%) and Siberian Stonechat (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Daurian Redstart is recorded against all the birds logged in Tuen Mun (297 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.
