Phoenicurus auroreus
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
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 |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Daurian Redstart sighting in Xiuying District on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 34th most-seen of the 43 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
December
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Daurian Redstart in Xiuying District on a given day, against about 10% in February–April, June–July and November, the lowest months. That is one of Xiuying District's driest months, with about 50 mm of rain against 310 mm in August. May and August–October have too few records to rate.
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.
40th of 52
Of the 52 cities where we can rate Daurian Redstart sightings, Xiuying District ranks 40th at about 10%. 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 Xiuying District (family Muscicapidae, Old World Flycatchers, Robins, and Chats) are Oriental Magpie-Robin (about 90%), Asian Brown Flycatcher (about 30%) and Taiga Flycatcher (about 20%), 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 Xiuying District (8 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.
