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ForestCavity nestTiny · 13 g
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At 13–14 cm long and 10–18 g weight, the red-flanked bluetail is similar in size and weight to the common redstart and slightly smaller (particularly with a slimmer build) than the European robin. As the name implies, both sexes have a blue tail and rump, and orange-red flanks; they also have a white throat and greyish-white underparts, and a small, thin black bill and slender black legs. The adult male additionally has dark blue upperparts, while females and immature males are plain brown above apart from the blue rump and tail, and have a dusky breasts.
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When to see the Red-flanked Bluetail
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 9 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is January, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Red-flanked Bluetail
The map shades 34 countries with regular records, and 13 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 Canada, France, Netherlands, India, Türkiye, Ireland, Israel, Mexico, Isle of Man, Luxembourg, Uzbekistan, Estonia, Ukraine.
About the Red-flanked Bluetail
The red-flanked bluetail, also known as the orange-flanked bush-robin, is a small passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family. It breeds in mixed coniferous forests in northern Asia, parts of central Asia, and northeastern Europe. It is migratory, wintering mainly in southeast Asia, in the Indian subcontinent, the Himalayas, Taiwan, and northern Indochina.
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Easily confused with
Himalayan BluetailTarsiger rufilatusThe Himalayan bluetail, also called the Himalayan red-flanked bush-robin or orange-flanked bush-robin, is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher of Muscicapidae.
Collared Bush RobinTarsiger johnstoniaeThe collared bush-robin is about 12 cm (4.7 in) long.
Golden Bush RobinTarsiger chrysaeusThis species is typically a 14–15 cm long species of songbird in the family Muscicapidae known for its golden color.
Side by side: Collared Bush Robin vs Red-flanked Bluetail · Golden Bush Robin vs Red-flanked Bluetail
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