Common Redstart, Male (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)
A male Redstart, captured in my garden ad the edge of a forest.
The common redstart shows some affinity to the European robin in many of its habits and actions. It has the same general carriage, and chat-like behaviour, and is the same length at 13–14.5 cm long but slightly slimmer and not quite as heavy, weighing 11–23 g. The orange-red tail, from which it and other redstarts get their names ("start" is an old word for "tail"), is frequently quivered. Among common European birds, only the black redstart (Phoenicurus ochrurus) has a similarly coloured tail.
Description source: Wikipedia
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Photo taken with Canon EOS 70D with EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L USM
Common Redstart, Male (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)
A male Redstart, captured in my garden ad the edge of a forest.
The common redstart shows some affinity to the European robin in many of its habits and actions. It has the same general carriage, and chat-like behaviour, and is the same length at 13–14.5 cm long but slightly slimmer and not quite as heavy, weighing 11–23 g. The orange-red tail, from which it and other redstarts get their names ("start" is an old word for "tail"), is frequently quivered. Among common European birds, only the black redstart (Phoenicurus ochrurus) has a similarly coloured tail.
Description source: Wikipedia
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Photo taken with Canon EOS 70D with EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L USM