Males have silver-grey crown and nape, black face, throat, mantle and wings, and rufous-orange belly. Females have greyish-brown upperparts and brownish-buff underparts. Both sexes have white white patches and rufous-orange rump.
Behaviour
Often perches prominently and shivers tail. Usually prey on insects.
HKBWS (2022). Field Guide to the Birds of Hong Kong and South China (9th ed.). Hong Kong: HKBWS.
Diskin, D. A., G. J. Carey and C. C. Pang (2023). Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus, version 1.0. In The Avifauna of Hong Kong (G. J. Carey, Editor). Hong Kong Bird Watching Society, Hong Kong, China.https://cms.hkbws.org.hk/avifauna/species/0410/051100
AFCD Hong Kong Wetland Park. Daurian Redstart. https://www.wetlandpark.gov.hk/en/biodiversity/beauty-of-wetlands/wildlife/phoenicurus-auroreus
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