Daurian redstart

Phoenicurus auroreus

The Daurian redstart (Phoenicurus auroreus) is a bird found in Taiwan, South Korea, China, Japan and Hong Kong SAR China. Woods and gardens across East Asia. It eats insects and other small invertebrates, seeds and nuts and leaves and other plant parts. The IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern.

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Scientific name	Phoenicurus auroreus
Region	Asia
Found in	Taiwan, South Korea, China, Japan and Hong Kong SAR China

🏡 Where the Daurian redstart lives

Woods and gardens across East Asia.

🍽️ What it eats

🐛 Insects & bugs60%
🌰 Seeds & nuts30%
🌿 Leaves & plants10%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

LCNTVUENCREWEX

Least ConcernThere are plenty of these birds.

💡 Males have an orange tail and a white wing patch.

Hear the Daurian redstart

Recorded by Ray Tsu 诸仁 (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC1063316. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Daurian redstart

Where does the Daurian redstart live?

The Daurian redstart lives in Taiwan, South Korea, China, Japan and Hong Kong SAR China. Woods and gardens across East Asia.

What does the Daurian redstart eat?

insects and other small invertebrates (about 60%), seeds and nuts (about 30%), leaves and other plant parts (about 10%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Daurian redstart endangered?

There are plenty of these birds. Its IUCN Red List category is Least Concern.

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Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.