Daurian Redstart – Bird Sound

Daurian Redstart – Bird Sound

The Daurian redstart is a small passerine bird from temperate Asia. In Japan, it is known as jōbitaki. The species was first described by Peter Simon Pallas in 1776.

Features:
15 cm in length. The iris is dark brown. The mouth and feet are black. The male bird is silver-gray from the top of the head to the occiput, the forehead, cheeks, throat, and back are black, with yellowish-brown feathers on the back, wide white spots on the wings, and orange below the breast.

The female bird is roughly gray-brown with small white spots on the wings.

Distribution:
Northern and Eastern Asia, China, India, Northern Indochina Peninsula, Taiwan and other places.

Video Source: 黃尾鴝(北紅尾鴝)/Daurian Redstart from Chuenguey Hwang on Youtube ⁄ CC BY