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Guldenstadt's Redstart

Guldenstadt's Redstart by Andrey Kovalenko, Kazakhstan - Birds of Eurasia
Bird species name:
Guldenstadt's Redstart
Phoenicurus erythrogaster (Guldenstadt, 1775)
Author:
Andrey Kovalenko
Location (region):
Kazakhstan
Description:
The male of the Guldenstadt's Redstart is colored very bright; it's plumage is sharply expressed by the three colors - black, bright-rufous and white. The most part of the back, the flanks of the head and neck, the throat, craw and the front part of the breast are black. The wings are dichromatic, black with the large white patches formed by the white color of the central part of the webs of the primaries and secondaries. The crown and scruff are white with light grey tinge in fresh plumage. The upper tail, tail feathers, abdomen and flanks are bright rufous. The legs and beak are black, the eyes are dark-brown. The female has the sandy-brown upper parts, flight feathers and the central pair of the tail feathers; darker on the back and lighter on the under parts. The uppertail and tail feathers except the central pair are light rufous. The juveniles in first plumage are dark brown with the small buffy washed mottles. The underparts are rufous-buffy with the dark brown tips of the feath

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