#0671 · 🐦 birds

Black Redstart

🇳🇱 Zwarte Roodstaart ·Phoenicurus ochruros

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Mark Kilner · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
4. © Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Igor Derevskov · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Ben Deito · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
7. Radboud Universiteit, Nijmegen, Gelderland, NL:© Alice Bowden · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. 9288 Kootstertille, Nederland:© Robin Fokker · CC BY 4.0
9. Voorschoten, Nederland:© teddydolstra · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Boezemweg, Lexmond, South Holland, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0

what is it?

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 .

base stats

NL sightings 222iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 98,327iNaturalist observations
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).