Plumbeous water redstart | |
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Male in Doi Inthanon National Park, Thailand | |
Female in Plover Cove Country Park, Hong Kong | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Muscicapidae |
Genus: | Phoenicurus |
Species: | P. fuliginosus
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Binomial name | |
Phoenicurus fuliginosus Vigors, 1831
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The plumbeous water redstart (Phoenicurus fuliginosus) is a passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. It is found in South Asia, Southeast Asia and China. Males are slate blue in colour, while females are grey. The bird's common name refers to its colour which resembles lead. They tend to live near fast-moving streams and rivers.