#1200 · 🐦 birds

Moussier's Redstart

🇳🇱 Diadeemroodstaart ·Phoenicurus moussieri

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in Europe, not in NL

7 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

what is it?

The Moussier's redstart ( Phoenicurus moussieri ) is a small passerine bird in the genus Phoenicurus (redstarts), formerly classed as a member of the thrush family (Turdidae), but is now classified as an Old World flycatcher (Muscicapidae). It is an endemic resident breeder in the Atlas Mountains of northwest Africa. Its habitat is open woodland in rocky areas from sea level up to 3000 m altitude in the mountains.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,638iNaturalist observations
weight 1.9 gadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
1,638 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 2 g.
Scientifically named by Léon Olphe-Galliard in 1852 (174 years ago).