Black redstart

The black redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros) 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 (Muscicapidae). Obsolete common names include Tithys redstart, blackstart (not to be confused with the species currently known as blackstart) and black redtail.

Black redstart
Male subspecies Phoenicurus ochruros gibraltariensis at nest, Germany
Female, Vasai, Maharashtra, India

Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Phoenicurus
Species:
P. ochruros
Binomial name
Phoenicurus ochruros
(Gmelin, S.G., 1774)
Subspecies

5–7, see text

  Breeding
  Resident
  Passage
  Non-breeding
Compiled by: BirdLife International and Handbook of the Birds of the World (2019) 2018.
Synonyms

Ruticilla titys (Scop.)

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