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Common RedstartAlternate name(s): "Redstart*" Alternate name(s): "Gartenrotschwanz" Size: 13-14.5 cm; wing span: 20.5-24 cm Weight: 11-23 g |
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Photos |
Race "phoenicurus"
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ADULT |
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MALE |
Frontal view of a male Common Redstart
(photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[Ostrow Mazowiecka, Masovia, Poland, June 2015]
Near-frontal view of a male Common Redstart
(photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[Ostrow Mazowiecka, Masovia, Poland, May 2015]
Near-lateral view of a male Common Redstart
(photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[Ostrow Mazowiecka, Masovia, Poland, June 2015]
Near-lateral view of a male Common Redstart
(photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[Ostrow Mazowiecka, Masovia, Poland, June 2015]
Lateral view of a male Common Redstart
(photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[Ostrow Mazowiecka, Masovia, Poland, May 2015]
Near-dorsal view of a male Common Redstart
(photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[Ostrow Mazowiecka, Masovia, Poland, July 2015]
Near-dorsal view of a male Common Redstart
(photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[Ostrow Mazowiecka, Masovia, Poland, July 2015]
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FEMALE |
Frontal view of a female Common Redstart
(photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[Ostrow Mazowiecka, Masovia, Poland, May 2015]
Different frontal view of a female Common Redstart
(photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[Ostrow Mazowiecka, Masovia, Poland, May 2015]
Near-frontal view of a female Common Redstart with its head turned
away (photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[Ostrow Mazowiecka, Masovia, Poland, May 2015]
Lateral view of a female Common Redstart
(photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[Ostrow Mazowiecka, Masovia, Poland, June 2015]
Different lateral view of a female Common Redstart
(photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[Ostrow Mazowiecka, Masovia, Poland, June 2015]
Near-dorsal view of a female Common Redstart
(photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[Ostrow Mazowiecka, Masovia, Poland, May 2015]
Dorsal view of a female Common Redstart
(photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[Ostrow Mazowiecka, Masovia, Poland, July 2015]
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IMMATURE/JUVENILE |
Frontal view of a first-winter male Common Redstart
(photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[Ostrow Mazowiecka, Masovia, Poland, July 2015]
Lateral view of a first-winter male Common Redstart
(photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[Ostrow Mazowiecka, Masovia, Poland, July 2015]
Lateral view of a first-winter male Common Redstart
caught, ringed and released on its migration to Africa
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Sagres, Algarve, Portugal, October 2019]
Dorsal view of a first-winter male Common Redstart
caught, ringed and released on its migration to Africa
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Sagres, Algarve, Portugal, October 2019]
Near-frontal view of a begging fledgling Common Redstart
(photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[Near Malkinia, Masovia, Poland, June 2018]
Near-dorsal view of a fledgling Common Redstart
(photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[Near Malkinia, Masovia, Poland, June 2018]
Near-dorsal view of a fledgling Common Redstart
(photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[Ostrow Mazowiecka, Masovia, Poland, July 2016]
Female Common Redstart, back, with a dependent fledgling
(photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[Near Malkinia, Masovia, Poland, June 2018]
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Food, Diet |
Common Redstarts are flycatchers.
Frontal view of a male Common Redstart with its prey, a
grasshopper (photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[Ostrow Mazowiecka, Masovia, Poland, July 2015]
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Call(s)/Song |
For this species we have recorded the following call(s)/song. The
interpretation of their meaning is our own;
comments and suggestions for improvement are welcome.
comstrt_dw_20160612_2.m4a |
phoenicurus (Poland) |
Pair Q&A (male first) | © DW | |
comstrt_dw_20160612_3.m4a |
phoenicurus (Poland) |
Pair Q&A (male first) | © DW | |
comstrt_dw_20190630.m4a |
phoenicurus (Poland) |
Pair Q&A (territorial calls?) | © DW | |
comstrt_dw_20160612.m4a |
phoenicurus (Poland) |
Male & female | © DW | |
comstrt_dw_20160612_4.m4a |
phoenicurus (Poland) |
Female | © DW |
More Common Redstart sound recordings are available at
xeno-canto.org
.