Common Redstart
A species of Typical Redstarts Scientific name : Phoenicurus phoenicurus Genus : Typical Redstarts
Common Redstart, A species of Typical Redstarts
Botanical name: Phoenicurus phoenicurus
Genus: Typical Redstarts
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Description
The common Redstart is a species of migratory bird that is regularly seen in mixed and deciduous woodland habitats as well as along coastal environments during migration. These birds have an interesting behavior that involves shaking their bright orange tail feathers, an action that also earns them their name. There are some environmental concerns for this species as their natural habitats are increasingly getting destroyed.
Size
13 - 15 cm
Life Expectancy
1-5 years
Feeding Habits
Common Redstart primarily consumes insects, spiders, and berries. It employs foraging and aerial hunting techniques to capture prey, often at dawn or dusk. This species has a preference for varied diet, exploiting seasonal food sources.
Habitat
Common Redstart commonly occupies open mature woodland, particularly favoring birch and oak varieties with sparse undergrowth for greater visibility. Habitats include forest edges, clearings, and upland regions, extending through broad geographical areas such as Northern Europe’s subarctic forests and Central & Southern Europe's broadleaf forests. The species adapts to a range of intermediate habitats like heaths and grasslands interspersed with mature trees. Urban settings with old parks and gardens can also provide suitable environments that mimic their preferred habitats. Typically nesting in regions less influenced by agriculture, these birds are also found in North African oak or conifer forests at higher elevations. During winter, common Redstart often migrates to semi-arid and scrubby regions, thriving in environments with dense tree coverage.
Dite type
Insectivorous
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General Info
Sounds
Song
Recording location: Belgium
Song
Recording location: Belgium
Call
Recording location: Netherlands
Behavior
It is a summer visitor throughout most of Europe and western Asia (east to Lake Baikal), and also in northwest Africa in Morocco. The males first arrive in early to mid April, often a few days in advance of the females. Five or six light blue eggs are laid during May, with a second brood in mid summer in the south of the breeding range. It departs for Africa between mid-August and early October. 
Distribution Area
In England, where it has declined by 55% in the past 25 years, the Forestry Commission offers grants under a scheme called England's Woodland Improvement Grant (EWIG); as does Natural Englands Environmental Stewardship Scheme. It is a very rare breeding bird in Ireland, with between one and five pairs breeding in most years, nearly all of them in County Wicklow.
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Birds Order
Perching birds Family
Old world flycatchers Genus
Typical Redstarts Species
Common Redstart 
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