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
Nest Placement
Tree
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's preferred habitats are open mature woodlands, including birch and oak forests with minimal undergrowth, and forest edges. The species populates areas such as Northern Europe's subarctic regions and the broadleaf forests of Central & Southern Europe. They also adapt to intermediate landscapes like heaths with scattered trees and urban areas with old parks. High-elevation North African oak and conifer forests serve as their nesting grounds. In winter, common Redstart migrates to semi-arid and scrubby regions.
Dite type
Insectivorous
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Feeding Habits
Bird food type
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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