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title: "Plumbeous Water Redstart"
description: "Phoenicurus fuliginosus — Aves. The plumbeous water redstart (Phoenicurus fuliginosus) is a passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/plumbeous-water-redstart
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Plumbeous Water Redstart

> Phoenicurus fuliginosus — Aves. The plumbeous water redstart (Phoenicurus fuliginosus) is a passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae.

- Scientific name: *Phoenicurus fuliginosus*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lagos e rios)
- iNaturalist observations: 6624
- Wikidata: [Q27075686](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27075686)
- iNaturalist taxon: [145068](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/145068)

## Names

- en: Plumbeous Water Redstart
- de: Wasserrotschwanz
- es: Colirrojo Fuliginoso
- fr: Rougequeue fuligineux
- pl: Pleszka śniada

## Countries with the most observations

CN (2791), TW (1859), IN (932), NP (240), BT (131), TH (95), HK (93), VN (63), PK (25), TJ (20), MM (16), BD (9)

## Summary

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.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plumbeous_water_redstart

## Photo

![Plumbeous Water Redstart](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/plumbeous-water-redstart/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dario Taraborelli · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/347646603

## Machine access

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