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Eversmann's Redstart
Sign in to saveAlso known as Rufous-backed Redstart, Phoenicurus erythronotus
species of bird
Species
Least Concernvia IUCN
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Phoenicurus
- Image
- Rufous-backed Redstart.jpg
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon name
- Phoenicurus erythronotus
- Commons category
- Phoenicurus erythronotus
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- Phoenicurus erythronotus
- taxon common name
- rabirruivo-do-altai
- short name
- P. erythronotus
- taxon author citation
- (Eversmann, 1841)
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Encyclopedic overview
Eversmann's redstart (Phoenicurus erythronotus), also known as the rufous-backed redstart, is a passerine bird belonging to the genus Phoenicurus. It was formerly classified in the thrush family Turdidae but is now placed in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. It was described by the German biologist Eduard Friedrich Eversmann who is commemorated in the bird's English name.
Description
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Eversmann's Redstart” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.