DAURIAN REDSTART (Phoenicurus
auroreus) is a small passerine bird from temperateAsia. In Japan, it is known as jōbitaki .
t was formerly classed as a member of the Thrush family (Turdidae), but is now
generally considered to be an Old
World flycatcher (Muscicapidae).
This species is divided into twosubspecies,
the eastern P. a. auroreus and the western P. a. leucopterus.
It is a fairly common bird in East Asia, ranging eastwards
from Mongolia and the Himalayas. It is migratory; P. a. auroreus winters in Korea, Japan, southeast coastal China and Taiwan, and P. a. leucopterus in northern India and parts of Southeast Asia.
Daurian Redstarts favour open forests, forest edges, agricultural
margins, and are also commonly found in parks and urban gardens. They are
reasonably confiding and often allow humans to approach quite closely before
moving off. It breeds in the summer months, with a mated pair of the nominate subspecies having been encountered in early May.[
Widespread and rather common, this bird is not considered a threatened species by the IUCN.[INFO:WIKIPEDIA]
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