Chats, Old World Flycatchers
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochruros
The black redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros) is a small passerine bird in the redstart 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). Other common names are Tithy's redstart, blackstart and black redtail.
- Family
- Chats, Old World Flycatchers
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Weight
- 16 g
- Habitat
- Rock
- Diet
- Invertebrates
- Migration
- Partial migrant
- Countries recorded
- 79
