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 LC    Black Redstart* Id (Atlas):
    Phoenicurus ochruros

Description (10)
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Family
Muscicapidae (Old World Flycatchers And Chats)

Size
14 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gmelin, 1774)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry forest and shrubland. From sea-level - 3,700 m.

Range (Guide)
Afghanistan (B), Albania (B), Algeria, Andorra (B), Armenia (B), Austria (B) (NB), Azerbaijan (B), Bahrain (NB) (P), Belarus (B), Belgium (B) (NB), Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina (B), Bulgaria (B) (NB), China (mainland) (B), Croatia (Local Name: Hrvatska) (B) (NB), Cyprus (NB), Czech Republic (B) (NB), Denmark (B) (P), Djibouti, Egypt, Estonia (B), Ethiopia, Finland (B), France (B) (NB), Georgia (B), Germany (B) (P), Gibraltar (NB), Greece (B) (NB) (P), Hungary (B) (NB), India (B), Iran [Islamic Republic of] (B), Iraq (NB) (P), Ireland (NB), Israel, Italy (B) (NB), Jordan (NB) (P), Kazakhstan (B), Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan (B), Latvia (B), Lebanon (B), Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Liechtenstein (B), Lithuania (B), Luxembourg (B) (NB), Macedonia [The Former Yugoslav Republic of] (B) (NB), Malta (NB), Mauritania, Moldova [Republic of] (B), Mongolia (B), Montenegro (B), Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal (B), Netherlands Antilles (B) (NB), Norway (B), Oman, Pakistan, Poland (B) (NB), Portugal (B) (NB), Qatar, Romania (B) (NB), Russia (Asian) (B), Russia (Central Asian) (B), Russia (European) (B), Saudi Arabia, Serbia (B), Slovakia (Slovak Republic) (B) (NB), Slovenia (B) (NB), Somalia, Spain (B) (NB), Sudan, Sweden (B), Switzerland (B) (NB), Syrian Arab Republic (B), Tajikistan (B), Tunisia, Turkey (B) (NB), Turkmenistan (B), Ukraine (B) (NB), United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom (B) (NB), Uzbekistan (B), Yemen.

Vagrant to Chad, Eritrea, Faroe Islands, Hong Kong (China), Iceland, Japan, Mali, Niger, North Korea, Senegal, South Korea, Taiwan (China), Vietnam.

Population
Estimated population is 25,000,000 - 100,000,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Food
Invertebrates and fruit.

Voice
A 'sit' in conatct. Song, a quick, scratchy warble.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (100)...)

 
Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros) [XC799050]
     by Frank Holzapfel from Hochdorf \/ Enz, Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg, Germany (song)

 
Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros) [XC824448]
     by Alan Dalton from Rhongo, India (call)

Nest
A loose, cup of plant material, on a ledge or in a crevice, lined with hair and feathers.

Eggs (Guide)
4 - 6; smooth, glossy, pale blue to white.

Subspecies
Known to have hybridized with Common Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus). Proposed subspecies aterrimus (Portugal, southern and central Spain) merged with gibraltariensis. Subspecies phoenicuroides and rufiventris intergrade. Birds from western China (southern Xinjiang) named as subspecies xerophilus are probably intermediate between them.

The following 7 subspecies are recognised:

  • gibraltariensis (Gmelin, JF, 1789)   -  Europe and north-western Africa. Non-breeding also northern Africa and Middle East.
  • ochruros (Gmelin, 1774)   -  Asia Minor, Caucasus and north-western Iran. Non-breeding Middle East.
  • semirufus (Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833)   -  Western Syria, Lebanon and north-eastern Israel.
  • phoenicuroides (Moore, F, 1854)   -  Southern Russia (Tuva Republic) and western Mongolia south to Tien Shan, south-eastern and southern Kazakhstan and north-western Pakistan. Non-breeding north-eastern Africa, Arabian Peninsula and south-western and southern Asia.
  • rufiventris (Vieillot, 1818)   -  Turkmenistan and Pamir-Alai Mts east through Himalayas to central China. Non-breeding south-western and southern Asia.
  • aterrimus von Jordans, 1923   -  Iberian Peninsula.
  • xerophilus Stegmann, 1928   -  Western China (Astin Tagh Mountains to western Gansu and Qinghai).



References
See References.

The Reader's Digest Book of British Birds 1980, 3rd Edition, Drive Publications Ltd ISBN 0 340 25308 8
Birds in Colour Campbell, B., 1960, Penguin Books Ltd
The Pocket Guide to Nest and Eggs Fitter, R.S.R., 1954, Collins
RSPB Handbook of British Birds Holden, P., Cleeves, T., 2002, A & C Black ISBN 0 7136 5713 8
Birds of Britain and Europe Sterry, P., et al., 2001, AA Publishing ISBN 0 7495 3068 5
The Popular Handbook of British Birds Hollom, P.A.D., 1973, H.F. & G. Witherby Ltd ISBN 0 85493 002 7


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