Black Redstart
22 March 2009 15:37 Filed in: Passeriformes Muscicapidae Flycatchers Old World Flycatchers Turdidae Thrushes France Cote d'Azur Monaco
Bird name: Black Redstart
Latin: Phoenicurus ochruros
Other: Rouge Queue Noir • Rossignol des Murailles
Family: Muscicapidae • Flycatchers (or Turdidae - thrushes)
Photo: monacoeye • Cote d’Azur • Jan - Mar 2009
Male top and female below. The Black Redstart is one of the more visible birds along the coast, even in winter.
