#1209 · 🐦 birds

White-winged Redstart

🇳🇱 Witkruinroodstaart ·Phoenicurus erythrogastrus

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in Europe, not in NL

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Vyacheslav Luzanov · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Irina Kalashnikova · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Александр Кочетков · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. Mzcheta-Mtianeti, Georgien:© Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
5. Iittala, Hämeenlinna, Suomi:© Olli Haukkovaara · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Mzcheta-Mtianeti, Georgien:© Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
7. Leh (Ladakh), Jammu and Kashmir, India:© Jeroen van Wijk · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
8. Tukuche, Nepal:© markus lilje · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
9. Kosh-Agachskiy rayon, Gorno-Altay, Russia:© Dmitry Dubikovskiy · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Kosh-Agachskiy rayon, RU-GA, RU:© Konstantin Romanov · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The Güldenstädt's redstart ( Phoenicurus erythrogastrus ) also sometimes called the white-winged redstart , is a species of bird in the genus Phoenicurus , family Muscicapidae. It is found in the high mountains of southwestern and central Asia in the Caucasus, Karakoram, Pamir, Himalaya, Tian Shan, and Altai, in the countries of Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bhutan, China, Georgia, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,322iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
1,322 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Johann Anton Güldenstädt in 1775 (251 years ago).