Daurian redstart

Weight

15 g – 16.2 g

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

Not recorded

Diet

Invertivore

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

forest

Young per litter or clutch

4.5

Litters or clutches a year

2

Lifestyle

Perching

Migration

Migratory

Conservation status

Not recorded

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classAves
4. orderPasseriformes
5. familyMuscicapidae
6. genusPhoenicurus
7. SpeciesPhoenicurus auroreus (Pallas, 1776)

Synonyms Chaimarrornis auroreus, Erithacus auroreus filchneri, Molacilla aurorea, Motacilla aurorea, Phoenicurus auroreus orientalis, Ruticilla rufiventris pleskei

Catalogue of Life

LC, Least Concern

Common redstart

Phoenicurus phoenicurus

Muscicapidae

LC, Least Concern

Black redstart

Phoenicurus ochruros

Muscicapidae

W

White-winged redstart

Phoenicurus erythrogastrus

MuscicapidaeNo free photo yet

E

Eversmann's redstart

Phoenicurus erythronotus

MuscicapidaeNo free photo yet

M

Moussier's redstart

Phoenicurus moussieri

MuscicapidaeNo free photo yet

B

Blue-fronted redstart

Phoenicurus frontalis

MuscicapidaeNo free photo yet

CompareDaurian redstart vs Common redstartDaurian redstart vs Black redstartDaurian redstart vs White-winged redstartDaurian redstart vs Eversmann's redstart

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@misc{daurian_redstart_2026,
  title = {Daurian redstart (Phoenicurus auroreus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/daurian-redstart},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}