Thrushes (Turdidae)
Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)
French: Rougequeue noir German: Hausrotschwanz Spanish: Colirrojo Tizón
Taxonomy:
Motacilla Ochruros S. G. Gmelin, 1774, mountains of northern Gilan, Iran.
Has hybridized several times with P. phoenicurus. Proposed race aterrimus (Portugal, S & C Spain) merged with gibraltariensis. Races phoenicuroides and rufiventris intergrade; birds from W China (S Xinjiang) named as race xerophilus probably intermediate between them. Five subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- gibraltariensis (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) - Europe and NW Africa; non-breeding also N Africa and Middle East.
- ochruros (S. G. Gmelin, 1774) - Asia Minor, Caucasus and NW Iran; non-breeding Middle East.
- semirufus (Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833) - W Syria, Lebanon and NE Israel.
- gibraltariensis (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) - Europe and NW Africa; non-breeding also N Africa and Middle East.
- ochruros (S. G. Gmelin, 1774) - Asia Minor, Caucasus and NW Iran; non-breeding Middle East.
- semirufus (Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833) - W Syria, Lebanon and NE Israel.
- phoenicuroides (F. Moore, 1854) - S Russia (Tuva Republic) and W Mongolia S to Tien Shan, SE & S Kazakhstan and NW Pakistan; non-breeding NE Africa, Arabian Peninsula and SW & S Asia.
- rufiventris (Vieillot, 1818) - Turkmenistan and Pamir-Alai Mts E through Himalayas to C China; non-breeding SW & S Asia.
- Least Concern
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A male eating mealworms Lynx Garden, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (gibraltariensis)
Josep del Hoyo 22 December 2007 2 years ago 1 min 9 sec 4.7 -
A female feeding on mealworms Lynx Garden, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (gibraltariensis)
Josep del Hoyo 14 April 2005 4 years ago 35 sec 4.7 -
A male taking a mealworm and the same action seen at slow motion (33 %) Lynx Garden, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (gibraltariensis)
Josep del Hoyo 22 December 2007 2 years ago 52 sec 4.6 -
A close-view of a juvenile preening Somiedo Natural Park, Asturias, Spain
Javier Ortas 18 August 2007 50 weeks ago 31 sec 4.5 -
A male coming to eat mealworms at a balcony Lynx Garden, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (gibraltariensis)
Josep del Hoyo 22 December 2007 2 years ago 58 sec 4.5 -
An adult female foraging on the ground Vilanova i la Geltru, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (gibraltariensis)
Pere Sugranyes 31 January 2007 2 years ago 29 sec 4.4
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Black Redstart present for most of December 2009. Exton, Rutland County, England, UK
RodneyfBaker 12 December 2009 6 weeks ago 4 -
Black Redstart, first winter bird, front view. Isles of Scilly, England, UK
Mark Andrews 14 October 2004 30 weeks ago 4 -
1st year bird Cucugnan, Aude, Languedoc-Roussillon, France (gibraltariensis)
Georges Olioso 19 October 2008 38 weeks ago 4 -
breeding female Port la Nouvelle, Aude, Languedoc-Roussillon, France (gibraltariensis)
Georges Olioso 27 May 2007 38 weeks ago 4 -
Adult male bringing food to its young Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France (gibraltariensis)
Alain Fossé 10 May 2009 39 weeks ago 4 -
Bird on a barbed wire at La Cañada. Ávila, Castile and Leon, Spain
juan 12 July 2008 42 weeks ago 4
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Male singing Uludağ, Bursa Province, Turkey
(ochruros)
Stuart Fisher 5 May 2007 45 weeks ago 4 -
Singing male Turkey
(ochruros)
Stuart Fisher 5 May 2007 48 weeks ago 3
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