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title: "Rufous-backed Redstart"
description: "Phoenicurus erythronotus — Vogels. Eversmann's redstart (Phoenicurus erythronotus), also known as the rufous-backed redstart, is a passerine bird belonging to the genus Phoenicurus."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/rufous-backed-redstart
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Rufous-backed Redstart

> Phoenicurus erythronotus — Vogels. Eversmann's redstart (Phoenicurus erythronotus), also known as the rufous-backed redstart, is a passerine bird belonging to the genus Phoenicurus.

- Scientific name: *Phoenicurus erythronotus*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 752
- Wikidata: [Q796489](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q796489)
- iNaturalist taxon: [73225](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/73225)

## Names

- en: Rufous-backed Redstart
- de: Sprosserrotschwanz
- es: Colirrojo de Eversmann
- fr: Rougequeue d'Eversmann
- pt: Rabirruivo-de-eversmann
- pl: Pleszka ałtajska

## Countries with the most observations

KZ (256), RU (227), KG (73), CN (33), UZ (21), IR (17), MN (16), IN (6), PK (6), OM (3)

## Summary

Eversmann's redstart (Phoenicurus erythronotus), also known as the rufous-backed redstart, is a passerine bird belonging to the genus Phoenicurus. It was formerly classified in the thrush family Turdidae but is now placed in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. It was described by the German biologist Eduard Friedrich Eversmann who is commemorated in the bird's English name.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eversmann%27s_redstart

## Photo

![Rufous-backed Redstart](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/rufous-backed-redstart/medium.jpg)

Photo: James Eaton · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/193008214

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/rufous-backed-redstart?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).