Thrushes (Turdidae)
Plumbeous Water-redstart (Rhyacornis fuliginosa) - HBW 10, p. 775
French: Nymphée fuligineuse
German: Wasserrotschwanz
Spanish: Colirrojo Fuliginoso
Other common names: Plumbeous Redstart, Water-robin
Taxonomy: Phoenicura fuliginosa Vigors, 1831, Simla-Almora, Himalayas.
Has been placed in genus Phoenicurus. Females and first-year males in China are browner above, and possibly warrant separation as race tenuirostris. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- fuliginosa ( Vigors, 1831) - E Afghanistan and Himalayas E to NE & E China, S to NW Thailand, Indochina and Hainan I.
- affinis ( Ogilvie-Grant, 1906) - Taiwan.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Two young males fighting on a river Locality Jim Corbett National Park, Uttarakhand, India (ssp fuliginosa)
Guus van Duin 5 January 2006 5 years ago 1 min 12 sec 4.6 -
male and female flirt their tails Locality Wuyuan County, Jiangxi, China (Southern)
Vicky Cheng 12 May 2011 34 weeks ago 1 min 4.6 -
A male looking around on a rock Locality Ta-hsueh-shan, Taiwan (ssp affinis)
James Jyh Haw Ting 5 June 2007 4 years ago 20 sec 4.5 -
A male on the river and perched on a branch, turning around and preening and finally flying away. Locality Dasyueshan National Forest Recreation Area, Taichung County, Taiwan (ssp affinis)
Josep del Hoyo 17 April 2011 10 weeks ago 24 sec 4.4 -
2012.3.19-Plumbeous Water Redstart Locality Taiwan
kun chin chung 7 weeks ago 1 min 31 sec 4.3 -
A female alert, bobbing its tail Locality Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal (ssp fuliginosa)
Stefan Behrens 2002 5 years ago 39 sec 4.2
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Bird on rock in water catchment area
Locality Plover Cove Country Park, Hong Kong
Bob Thompson 3 February 2010 2 years ago 4.5 -
A male on the top of a branch.
Locality Jiuzhaigou National Park, Sichuan, China (Northern) (ssp fuliginosa)
Nick Athanas 16 May 2006 3 years ago 4.5 -
Adult male
Locality Hong Kong
Martin Hale 12 February 2010 17 weeks ago 4.4 -
Female adult
Locality Chengdu, Sichuan, China (Northern)
Rémi Bigonneau 8 September 2011 27 weeks ago 4 -
Male.
Locality Taiwan
alder 4 August 2010 1 year ago 4 -
A female standing on a rock.
Locality Kullu District, Himachal Pradesh, India (ssp fuliginosa)
Carmelo López 27 May 2010 8 weeks ago 3.8
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A male giving its strong, ratcheting phrase three times and a single one-note call from a rock. Locality Dasyueshan National Forest Recreation Area, Taichung County, Taiwan
(ssp affinis)
Josep del Hoyo 17 April 2011 47 weeks ago 2.7
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