Eversmann's redstart

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{{Taxobox
| name = Eversmann's redstart
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref>{{IUCN|id=22710034 |title=''Phoenicurus erythronotus'' |assessor=BirdLife International |assessor-link=BirdLife International |version=2013.2 |year=2012 |accessdate=26 November 2013}}</ref>
| image = Eversmann's Redstart - Kazakistan S4E3844 (19357362412).jpg
| image_width = 250px
| image_caption = Adult male in breeding plumage
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]]
| classis = [[Bird|Aves]]
| ordo = [[Passerine|Passeriformes]]
| familia = [[Muscicapidae]]
| genus = ''[[Phoenicurus]]''
| species = '''''P. erythronotus'''''
| binomial = ''Phoenicurus erythronotus''
| binomial_authority = ([[Eduard Friedrich Eversmann|Eversmann]], 1841)
| synonyms = ''Phoenicurus erythronota''
}}

'''Eversmann's redstart''' or '''rufous-backed redstart''' (''Phoenicurus erythronotus'') is a [[passerine]] [[bird]] belonging to the genus ''[[Phoenicurus]]'', a genus of [[redstart]]s. It was formerly classified in the [[thrush (bird)|thrush]] family Turdidae but is now placed in the [[Old World flycatcher]] family Muscicapidae. It was described by the [[Germany|German]] biologist [[Eduard Friedrich Eversmann]] who is commemorated in the bird's English name.

It is one of the larger redstarts, 15 to 16 cm long with a wingspan of 25.5 to 27 cm. The [[beak|bill]] and legs are black. The male in breeding plumage has a black mask and grey crown and nape. The back and rump are rufous and the tail is also rufous apart from the darker central feathers. The wings are dark with white patches on the scapulars and primary-coverts. The underparts are mainly rufous with white on the belly and undertail-coverts.

Non-breeding and first-winter males are similar but much duller and browner. Females are mostly grey-brown. They have a rufous tail with a dark centre, a pale eye-ring, two buff wingbars and buff edges to the [[flight feather#Tertials|tertials]].

The [[bird song|song]] is loud and lively. The birds also have a soft, croaking call and a whistling call. The tail is often flicked up and down.

It breeds in the mountains of [[Central Asia]] and southern [[Siberia]] from the [[Tien Shan]] range to the [[Tarbagatai Mountains|Tarbagatay]] and [[Altay Mountains]] and near [[Lake Baikal]]. Some birds move downhill for the winter while others, especially in the north-east of the range, [[bird migration|migrate]] longer distances. The wintering range extends from southern [[Iraq]] through [[Iran]] and [[Pakistan]] to the western [[Himalayas]] of [[Kashmir]]. A few birds reach eastern [[Arabia]]. It has occurred as a [[vagrancy in birds|vagrant]] in the [[State of Israel]] and [[Turkey]].

It inhabits [[forest]] and [[woodland]] during the breeding season, reaching 5400 metres above sea-level. In winter it is seen in more open and arid habitats. [[Insect]]s form the bulk of its diet during the breeding season but [[fruit]] and [[seed]]s are important in winter.

==References==
{{Reflist}}
* BirdLife International (2007) [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=6649&m=0 Species factsheet: ''Phoenicurus erythronotus''] Downloaded from http://www.webcitation.org/5QE8rvIqH?url=http://www.birdlife.org on 24/7/2007.
* Hollom, P. A. D.; Porter, R. F.; Christensen, S. & Willis, Ian (1988) ''Birds of the Middle East and North Africa'', T & AD Poyser, Calton, England.
* MacKinnon, John & Phillipps, Karen (2000) ''A Field Guide to the Birds of China'', Oxford University Press, Oxford
* Snow, D. W. & Perrins, C. M. (1998) ''Birds of the Western Palearctic: Concise Edition'', Vol. 2, Oxford University Press, Oxford.

==External links==
{{wikispecies|Phoenicurus erythronotus}}
*[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/search.php?action=searchresult&Bird_ID=2565 Oriental Bird Images: Rufous-backed redstart]

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[[Category:Phoenicurus|Eversmann's redstart]]
[[Category:Birds of Kazakhstan]]
[[Category:Birds of Mongolia]]
[[Category:Birds of Kyrgyzstan]]
[[Category:Birds of Tajikistan]]
[[Category:Vagrant birds of Western Asia]]
[[Category:Birds described in 1841|Eversmann's redstart]]

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