Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 25,320
- Most observed in
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
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).
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Common redstart”.