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Phoenicurus

  • Phoenicurus

    The Common Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus), or often simply Redstart, formerly classed as a member of the thrush family, (Turdidae), but is now known to be a flycatcher, family Muscicapidae.

    Redstart means a red start or a red tail (start means an old name for tail English). The species is of the genus Phoenicurus.
    The name Phoenicurus is from Ancient Greek φοινιξ (phoinix), "(Phoenician) crimson/purple", and ουροσ (-ouros) -"tailed".

    1/ White-capped Redstart (Đuôi đỏ đầu trắng, Phoenicurus leucocephalus)
    2/ Plumbeous Redstart (Đuôi đỏ đầu xám, Phoenicurus fuliginosus)
    3/ Blue-fronted Redstart (Đuôi đỏ núi đá mày xanh, Phoenicurus frontalis)
    4/ Black Redstart (Đuôi đỏ núi đá trán đen, Phoenicurus ochruros)
    5/ Daurian Redstart (Đuôi đỏ núi đá trán xám, Phoenicurus auroreus)

  • Plumbeous Water Redstart

    Plumbeous Water Redstart
    (Đuôi đỏ đầu xám, Phoenicurus fuliginosus)

    The plumbeous water redstart (Phoenicurus fuliginosus) is a passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae.


    Redstart means a red start or a red tail (start means an old name for tail English). The species is of the genus Phoenicurus.
    The name Phoenicurus is from Ancient Greek φοινιξ (phoinix), "(Phoenician) crimson/purple", and ουροσ (-ouros) -"tailed".
    fuliginosus: From Latin fūlīginōsus, from fūlīgō (“soot”): Pertaining to or resembling soot in such features as colour, texture or taste; sooty, dusky. 

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