Common redstart | |
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Male | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Muscicapidae |
Genus: | Phoenicurus |
Species: | P. phoenicurus
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Binomial name | |
Phoenicurus phoenicurus | |
Subspecies | |
nominate Common Redstart
‘Ehrenberg’s Redstart’ | |
Distribution of common redstart Breeding Passage Non-breeding
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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).