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The males were always more shy than the females... but they are very pretty with these contrasting colors.
Mandal river, Uttarakhand, India
Female... such lovely birds. The females we've found always allowed much more proximity than the males.
Mandal river, Uttarakhand, India
Small, sturdy songbird in the family Muscicapidae.
The bird is found in Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. Their preferred habitats are streams, nullahs and rivers with boulders that are shaded, as well as vegetation near riverbanks. Streams with higher populations of insects such as mayflies appear to be preferred.
They are typically found at relatively high elevations, with the ones living in the Himalayas seen between 2000 m and 4100 m. However, they tend to descend to lower altitudes during the winter.
Kathmandu Valley. Nepal.
Scientific name - Phoenicurus fuliginosus
Taken in Valley of Flowers, Garhwal Himalayas, Uttarakhand, India.
Plumbeous Water Redstart taken at Doi Inthanon National Park, Chiang Mai, Thailand on 16 Jan 2018. It inhabits shaded fast-moving freshwater stream with boulders. It likes to feed on insects such as mayflies.
Plumbeous Water Redstart (Rhyacornis fuliginosa) | Sattal | Canon | 2016 | Copyright : Aravind Venkatraman
The plumbeous water redstart (Rhyacornis fuliginosa) is a species of bird in the 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.
鉛色水鶇 Plumbeous Water Redstart【學名：Rhyacornis fuliginosus】雀形目 / 鶲科 / 雌鳥 Female / 台灣特有亞種。別名：紅尾噹仔（台語）、紅尾水鴝（中國）、川鶲、溪鴝燕、碃兒。
此圖為雌性成鳥；背面暗灰色，略帶褐色。腹面鼠灰色，帶有白色斑點。尾上覆羽白色、尾羽、飛羽暗褐色。尾下覆羽白色。雌雄異色，體型約為13cm左右。鉛色水鶇外型因常呈現圓潤的體型，也有小鉛球之外號。
鉛色水鶇主要生存於中、低海拔之水域，常棲息於溪澗，領域性強，會驅趕其他鳥類，水鶇常站立在溪澗突出的石頭或木塊等，停棲時尾羽會上下擺動，甚至偶會張開尾羽。飛行或停棲時，會常發出「吱-吱」之鳴聲。
食性大多以蟲子為主，遇見飛行中的昆蟲，還會立刻飛行進行追捕，甚至飛行捕食水面的昆蟲、或藏於石頭間的小蟲；偶會食樹木果實。
原先要去尋找河烏，可惜未能拍攝到，還好有這一對水鶇夫妻陪伴我們，讓我們在等待的閒暇之餘，能拍攝到如此美麗的鳥姿，常邊拍攝水鶇時，看著牠們的表情和姿態時，我的腦海總是想著你們這些小傢伙，到底在想些什麼呢？真希望有一天我也能聽得懂你們的對話呢！
鉛色水鶇 Plumbeous Water Redstart【學名：Rhyacornis fuliginosus】雌亞成 / 雀形目 / 鶇亞科 / 台灣特有亞種；別名：紅尾噹仔（台語）、紅尾水鴝（中國）、川鶲、溪鴝燕、碃兒。
拍攝主角為雌性亞成鳥；背面暗灰色，有白色斑點，腹面鼠灰色，也有白色斑點，待轉為成鳥時，背上白色斑點會漸漸消失。
鉛色水鶇常棲息於溪澗，領域性強，會驅趕其他鳥類，水鶇常站立在溪澗突出的石頭或木塊等，停棲時尾羽會上下擺動，甚至偶會張開尾羽。
食性大多以蟲子為主，遇見飛行中的昆蟲，還會立刻飛行進行追捕，偶會食樹木果實。
觀察拍攝時，育雛已結束，這隻雌亞成鳥幾乎是獨自活動，也不知是否因為活動在成鳥的領域範圍內？常見成鳥偶會有驅逐的動作。
Plumbeous Water Redstart (Female)
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.
The plumbeous water redstart is typically 14 centimetres (5.5 in) long in total, with an average weight of 22 grams (0.78 oz) for males and 18.8 grams (0.66 oz) for females. The male birds are slate blue in colour with a tail that is rusty red. On the other hand, female birds are pale grey and feature a white rump.
The bird is found in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. Their preferred habitats are streams, nullahs and rivers with boulders that are shaded, as well as vegetation near riverbanks. Streams with higher populations of insects such as mayflies appear to be preferred.
They are typically found at relatively high elevations, with the ones living in the Himalayas seen between 2,000 metres (6,600 ft) and 4,100 metres (13,500 ft). However, they tend to descend to lower altitudes during the winter.
The plumbeous water redstart has been placed on the Least Concern category of the IUCN Red List, as the population has remained stable throughout the last ten years. The size of its distribution range is over 5,100,000 square kilometres (2,000,000 sq mi).
The plumbeous water redstart is very protective of its habitat and will be extremely confrontational to any trespasser on its territory. In order to catch flies in rivers, it flies vertically until it is at least 20 feet (6.1 m) above the water, before gliding down in a spiral back to the same place.
Plumbeous water redstart | Rhyacornis fuliginosa | Mandal, Utharkand | Dec-2016 | Canon EOS 1D Mark IV | Canon EF 500 mm f/4 | f 6.3 @ 1/320 | ISO 1000
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