Common redstart

Common redstart
Male
Song recorded in England
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Phoenicurus
Species:
P. phoenicurus
Binomial name
Phoenicurus phoenicurus
Subspecies
  • Phoenicurus phoenicurus phoenicurus

nominate Common Redstart

  • Phoenicurus phoenicurus samamisicus

‘Ehrenberg’s Redstart’

Distribution of common redstart
  Breeding
  Passage
  Non-breeding
Synonyms

Motacilla phoenicurus Linnaeus, 1758

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).

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2019) [amended version of 2016 assessment]. "Phoenicurus phoenicurus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T22710055A155611852. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22710055A155611852.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.