Common Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)
About the Common Redstart
The common redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus), or often simply redstart, is a small passerine bird in the genus Phoenicurus. Like its relatives, it was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family, (Turdidae), but is now known to be an Old World flycatcher (family Muscicapidae). The first formal description of the common redstart was by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae under the binomial name Motacilla phoenicurus. The genus Phoenicurus was introduced by the English naturalist Thomas Forster in 1817. The genus and species name phoenicurus is from Ancient Greek phoinix, "red", and -ouros -"tailed".
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3 recordings on this page · licensed Public Domain / CC0 ×3 · mirrored on this server, free for commercial reuse · recorded in Algeria, Austria, Belgium, China, Croatia, Czech Republic and elsewhere · xeno-canto lists 1,980 recordings for this species in total.
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- Eversmann's RedstartPhoenicurus erythronotusrecording
- Güldenstädt's RedstartPhoenicurus erythrogastrusprofile
Species grouped by shared genus, family and range.