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What the Eversmann's Redstart sounds like
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It is one of the larger redstarts, 15 to 16 cm (5.9 to 6.3 in) long with a wingspan of 25.5 to 27 cm (10.0 to 10.6 in) and weigh 15 to 22 g (0.53 to 0.78 oz). The bill and legs are black. The male in breeding plumage has a black mask and grey crown and nape. The back and rump are rufous and the tail is also rufous apart from the darker central feathers. The wings are dark with white patches on the scapulars and primary-coverts. The underparts are mainly rufous with white on the belly and undertail-coverts. Non-breeding and first-winter males are similar but much duller and browner.
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When to see the Eversmann's Redstart
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is May, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Eversmann's Redstart
The map shades 15 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Saudi Arabia.
About the Eversmann's Redstart
Eversmann's redstart, also known as the rufous-backed redstart, is a passerine bird belonging to the genus Phoenicurus. It was formerly classified in the thrush family Turdidae but is now placed in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. It was described by the German biologist Eduard Friedrich Eversmann who is commemorated in the bird's English name.
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Easily confused with
White-throated RedstartPhoenicurus schisticepsThe white-throated redstart is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae.
Luzon Water RedstartPhoenicurus bicolorThe Luzon water redstart, also known as the Luzon redstart, is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae.
Przevalski's RedstartPhoenicurus alaschanicusPrzevalski's redstart, also known as the Ala Shan redstart, is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae.
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