Common Redstart

14 March 2010 12:59 Filed in: Passeriformes Muscicapidae Flycatchers Old World Flycatchers Romania Danube Delta Italy France Cote d'Azur
Common Redstart - Phoenicurus phoenicurus
Photos: VM/monacoeye • Treviso, Italy • Do not copy without permission

Bird name: Common Redstart
Latin: Phoenicurus phoenicurus
Other: Redstart • Rouge-queue à front blanc (Fr) • Codirosso (It)
Family: Muscicapidae • Flycatchers

Above, lovely bright colours of the male Common Redstart in northern Italy, from Valerie.

Below is what I have marked as a female Common Redstart but looking at it now it looks very much like a female Black Redstart (P. ochruros).

Either a Common or Black Redstart


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Common Redstart - Phoenicurus phoenicurus
Photos copyright: monacoeye • Danube Delta, Romania • May 2009 • Do not copy without permission