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Phoenicurus auroreus
Rare visitor: recorded only occasionally in this country
Habitat
Open forests, forest edges, agricultural margins, parks and urban gardens
Range
Manchuria, southeastern Russia, northeastern Mongolia, central China and Korea
Size
14–15cm
Weight
11–20g
The Daurian redstart is a small bird, 14–15 centimetres long and weighing 11–20 grams, and like all typical redstarts the sexes differ strongly. The breeding male has a grey crown and nape with a lighter forehead, a black face and chin, brownish mantle and wings and a large white wing patch; the chest, lower back and rump are orange and the tail is black with orange sides. Females are warm brown above and paler below, with an orange rump and tail sides and a similar white wing patch. (Wikipedia, general species account)
It is found in Manchuria, southeastern Russia, northeastern Mongolia, central China and Korea, and is migratory: the nominate subspecies winters in Korea, Japan, southeast coastal China and Taiwan, while leucopterus winters in northeast India and parts of Southeast Asia. It favours open forests, forest edges and agricultural margins, and is common in parks and urban gardens. It is reasonably confiding and often lets people approach quite closely before moving off. (Wikipedia, general species account)