Güldenstädt's redstart (Phoenicurus erythrogastrus)

Gergeti glacier, Georgia. 9/4/2017

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Ferdy Christant

Lion

Awesome photo, species and name! Posted 7 years ago
1. Thibaud Aronson
  
  Lion
  
  Thanks! Americans, who probably can't handle Güldenstädt's name, call it the white-winged redstart, which is a lot less fun, in my opinion.
  Also, for some reason, this photo doesn't register as having been taken in Georgia, do you know why? Posted 7 years ago, modified 7 years ago
2. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    I saved the geotag again, without moving it, and this time it does pick up the country. Sorry for the inconvenience. Posted 7 years ago
  2. 1. Thibaud Aronson
      
      Lion
      
      No worries. Thanks! Posted 7 years ago

Barry

Lion

Wow, amazing photo of a seldom seen bird. I agree that the real name is better. Although Georgian Redstart might have been even cooler. Posted 7 years ago
1. Thibaud Aronson
  
  Lion
  
  Thanks! That wouldn't be super fair, though, since the caucasus really is the westernmost extent of its distribution! Posted 7 years ago
2. 1. Barry
    
    Lion
    
    Fair enough, but I always prefer Geographical, poetic, or habitat names to simple descriptions or little known naturalists (or even worse, friends, family, or rulers of naturalists). I always loved the old name for the White-throated Kingfisher: the Smyrna Kingfisher. I was also horrified to discover that one of my newest Life Birds, called the "Magnificent Hummingbird" in my old bird book has recently been split and is now called the Rivoli's Hummingbird! Argh (the other one is the Admirable Hummingbird?? What is so admirable and why didn't at least one stay as magnificent??). Posted 7 years ago

The Güldenstädts redstart

The Güldenstädt's redstart is a species of bird in the genus "Phoenicurus", family Muscicapidae. It is found in the high mountains of southwestern and central Asia in the Caucasus, Karakoram, Pamir, Himalaya, Tian Shan, and Altai, in the countries of Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bhutan, China, Georgia, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.

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Similar species: Perching Birds

Species identified by Thibaud Aronson

By Thibaud Aronson

Uploaded Sep 22, 2017. Captured Sep 4, 2017 11:44 in ს3, Georgia.

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Captured in the summer. More summer photos.