Common Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus) [XC729464]
by Alain Verneau from Brenzone (near Brenzone sul Garda), Provincia di Verona, Veneto, Italy (alarm call)
Common Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus) [XC133032]
by Herman van der Meer from Innsbruck, France (song)
Nest
A cup of grasses and moss, in a hole of a tree or in a nest box, lined with hair and feathers.
Subspecies
Known to have hybridized with Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros).
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
phoenicurus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Europe (except south-east) and north-western Africa east to central Siberia and northern Mongolia. Non-breeding Africa.
samamisicus (Hablizl, 1783) - Southern Balkans and Greece east to Turkmenistan, southern Uzbekistan and Iran. Non-breeding north-eastern Africa and Arabian Peninsula.
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