Red-flanked bluetail: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the red-flanked bluetail lives – recorded in 20 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Tarsiger cyanurus
Group	Songbirds & perching birds
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	20 countries
Continents	Asia, Europe, North America
Mass	1.85 g (birth weight); 14.5 g (adult weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Passeriformes
Family	Muscicapidae

Where does the red-flanked bluetail live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the red-flanked bluetail in 20 countries and territories across Asia, Europe and North America. Wikidata gives its range as: Nanling Mountains, People's Republic of China, Guangdong, Hefei. In Belgium, France, United Kingdom it is listed as introduced (GRIIS checklists via GBIF).

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a red-flanked bluetail?

Wikidata records the following for the red-flanked bluetail: mass 1.85 g (birth weight); 14.5 g (adult weight).

Is the red-flanked bluetail endangered?

The red-flanked bluetail’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the red-flanked bluetail?

The red-flanked bluetail (Tarsiger cyanurus) is a bird in the order Passeriformes and the family Muscicapidae, genus Tarsiger. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the red-flanked bluetail

The red-flanked bluetail (Tarsiger cyanurus), also known as the orange-flanked bush-robin, is a small passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family. It breeds in mixed coniferous forests in northern Asia, parts of central Asia, and northeastern Europe. It is migratory, wintering mainly in southeast Asia, in the Indian subcontinent, the Himalayas, Taiwan, and northern Indochina.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Red-flanked bluetail (revision 1380578681), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q129219 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).