Plumbeous Water-Redstart (Phoenicurus fuliginosus)

Other Scientific Names
Rhyacornis fuliginosus [BirdLife International (2004)], Rhyacornis fuliginosus [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)]

Other Names (World)
Plumbeous Water-Redstart, Plumbeous Redstart, Water-robin, Plumbeous Water Redstart

Family
Muscicapidae (Old World Flycatchers And Chats)

Size
12 - 13 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Vigors, 1831)

Habitat
Rivers, streams. From sea-level - 4,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Afghanistan (B) (NB), Bhutan, China (mainland), India, Kyrgyzstan (B) (NB), Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Taiwan (China), Thailand, Vietnam.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2020) and stable.

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (67)...)

Plumbeous Water Redstart (Phoenicurus fuliginosus) [XC412333]
by Sunny Tseng from Datong Township, Yilan County, Taiwan Province, Taiwan (call)

Plumbeous Water Redstart (Phoenicurus fuliginosus) [XC632035]
by Chi-Hsuan Shao from Salmon Center, Taiwan (song)

Subspecies
Has been placed in genus Phoenicurus. Females and first-year males in China are browner above, and possibly warrant separation as subspecies tenuirostris.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

fuliginosus (Vigors, 1831) - Eastern Afghanistan and Himalayas east to north-eastern and eastern China, south to north-western Thailand, Indochina and Hainan I.
affinis (Ogilvie-Grant, 1906) - Taiwan.

References
See References.

Files:

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