Plumbeous Water Redstart

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When to see the Plumbeous Water Redstart

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 9 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is December, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Plumbeous Water Redstart

The map shades 13 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 Sweden.

About the Plumbeous Water Redstart

The plumbeous water redstart 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.

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Easily confused with

White-capped RedstartPhoenicurus leucocephalusBoth sexes are black with red underparts and white crown atop their heads. Blue-fronted RedstartPhoenicurus frontalisThe blue-fronted redstart is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae, the Old World flycatchers. Hodgson's RedstartPhoenicurus hodgsoniHodgson's redstart is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae.

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