Eversmann's Redstart

How to identify

Field marks

1. Breeding-season male with a black face mask and gray crown and nape
2. Male in breeding plumage with a rufous back, rump and tail; central tail feathers dark
3. Male in breeding plumage with white patches on the scapulars and primary coverts
4. Male in breeding plumage with mainly rufous underparts and a white belly

Male, female and young

Non-breeding-season male darker and browner; female mainly gray-brown, with a rufous tail with a dark center, a pale eye-ring and two buff wing-bars.

Voice

Song loud and lively; also gives soft croaking calls and whistles.

Where and when it's recorded

Busiest months: May · Most records: Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Kyrgyzstan

Eversmann's Redstart has been recorded at 77 of the 8,276 birding hotspots we track, in 14 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

1. Khovd Bird Ringing Station, Khovd, MNMongolia174 records
2. Ile Alatau NP – Big Almaty LakeKazakhstan166 records
3. Ile-Alatau NP – Tien-Shan Astronomical ObservatoryKazakhstan64 records

Countries and regions with the most records

KazakhstanMongoliaKyrgyzstanChinaTajikistanUzbekistanKuwaitUnited Arab Emirates

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

Eversmann's redstart (Phoenicurus erythronotus), 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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