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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_redstart
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.
Taxonomy and systematics
The first formal description of the black redstart was by the German naturalist Samuel Gottlieb Gmelin in 1774 under the binomial name Mottacilla ochruros.[3][4] The genus Phoenicurus was introduced by the English naturalist Thomas Forster in 1817.[5] Both parts of the scientific name are from Ancient Greek and refer to the colour of the tail. The genus name Phoenicurus is from phoinix, "red", and -ouros -"tailed", and the specific ochruros is from okhros, "pale yellow" and -ouros.[6]
The black redstart is a member of a Eurasian clade which also includes the Daurian redstart, Hodgson's redstart, the white-winged redstart, and maybe Przevalski's redstart. The present species' ancestors diverged from about 3 million years ago (mya) (Late Pliocene) onwards and spread throughout much of Eurasia from 1.5 mya onward.[7] It is not very closely related to the common redstart. As these are separated by different behaviour and ecological requirements and have not evolved fertilisation barriers, the two European species can nonetheless produce apparently fertile and viable hybrids.[8][9]
There are a number of subspecies which differ mainly in underpart colours of the adult males; different authorities accept between five and seven subspecies. They can be separated into three major groups, according to morphology, biogeography, and mtDNA cytochrome b sequence data.[7][9][10][11]
P. o. phoenicuroides group. Basal central and eastern Asian forms which diverged from the ancestral stock as the species slowly spread west (c. 3-1.5 mya). Females and juveniles light grey brown.
•Phoenicurus ochruros phoenicuroides. Tian Shan eastwards to Mongolia. Small; adult males have lower breast, belly and flanks deep rufous, pale wing-patch absent, sometimes white forehead. Overall quite similar to a much darker common redstart with black chest. Females and juveniles are similar to common redstart but have an overall sandier, paler colour and often a distinct buff eye-ring.
•Phoenicurus ochruros murinus. Altai, Tuva, northern China and western Mongolia. Distinguished from the previous Turkestan subspecies by the absence of any contrast in the colour of the head, nape and back, all of which are concolorous dark grey.[12]
•Phoenicurus ochruros rufiventris. Turkmenistan eastwards through Pamir and Alay Mountains to Himalaya. Usually large; adult males like P. o. phoenicuroides, but darker overall, with black back and rufous-chestnut underside. Females with rufous tinge to underside. Exact limits with P. o. phoenicuroides unresolved.
oPhoenicurus ochruros xerophilus. China east of and between ranges of preceding two. Large; colour pattern like P. o. phoenicuroides but paler. Included in P. o. rufiventris by many authorities.[10]
P. o. ochruros group. Western Asian forms, whose lineage separated from the gibraltariensis group c. 1.5–0.5 mya. Females and juveniles intermediate.
•Phoenicurus ochruros ochruros. Eastern Turkey, Alborz, and Caucasus. Small, somewhat intermediate between P. o. phoenicuroides and P. o. gibraltariensis. Generally like latter, but rufous underside, pale wing patch weakly developed.
•Phoenicurus ochruros semirufus. Levant. Small; adult males somewhat similar to rufiventris except in size. Black areas extensive.
P. o. gibraltariensis group. European population, which formed as a distinct subspecies probably during the last ice age. Females and juveniles dark grey.
•Phoenicurus ochruros gibraltariensis. Western Europe east to the Crimea and western Turkey. Neck, upper back and shoulders dark slate grey to black in adult males, lighter than face and neck, pale wing patch strongly developed.
oPhoenicurus ochruros aterrimus. Iberia and Morocco. Neck, upper back and shoulders black in adult males. Wide intergradation with P. o. gibraltariensis and treated as a synonym of it by many authorities.[10]
Description
The black redstart is 13–14.5 cm (5.1–5.7 in) in length and 12–20 g (0.42–0.71 oz) in weight, similar to the common redstart. The adult male is overall dark grey to black on the upperparts and with a black breast; the lower rump and tail are orange-red, with the two central tail feathers dark red-brown. The belly and undertail are either blackish-grey (western subspecies; see Taxonomy and systematics, above) or orange-red (eastern subspecies); the wings are blackish-grey with pale fringes on the secondaries forming a whitish panel (western subspecies) or all blackish (eastern subspecies). The female is grey (western subspecies) to grey-brown (eastern subspecies) overall except for the orange-red lower rump and tail, greyer than the common redstart; at any age the grey axillaries and underwing coverts are also distinctive (in the common redstart these are buff to orange-red). One-year-old males are similar to females but blacker; the whitish wing panel of the western subspecies does not develop until the second year.[10][11]
Distribution and habitat
It is a widespread breeder in south and central Europe and Asia and north-west Africa, from Great Britain and Ireland (where local) south to Morocco, east to central China. It is resident in the milder parts of its range, but north-eastern birds migrate to winter in southern and western Europe and Asia, and north Africa. It nests in crevices or holes in buildings.[10][11]
In Britain, it is most common as a passage and winter visitor, with only 20–50 pairs breeding.[13] On passage it is fairly common on the east and south coasts, and in winter on the coasts of Wales and western and southern England, with a few also at inland sites. Migrant black redstarts arrive in Britain in October or November and either move on or remain to winter, returning eastward in March or April. They also winter on the south and east coasts of Ireland.[11]
The species originally inhabited stony ground in mountains, particularly cliffs, but since about 1900 has expanded to include similar urban habitats including bombed areas during and after World War II, and large industrial complexes that have the bare areas and cliff-like buildings it favours; in Great Britain, most of the small breeding population nests in such industrial areas. It will catch passing insects in flight, and migrants often hunt in coastal tide-wrack for flies or tiny crustaceans. Its quick ducks of head and body are robin-like, and its tail is often flicked. The male has a rattling song and a tick call.
Eastern race birds are very rare vagrants in western Europe.
of all the times to get sick now is about as bad as it gets. i won't stop though, even if i have to drag myself to my camera. also i kind of like this looks a picture from waaay back into this project.
Tools used for fixing whatever damage winter has done to a vineyard – weak stakes and missing or rusted-out wire guides, mostly.
Well, this time, at least!
Taken with Sony α55V digital camera and surprisingly not-that-old Minolta AF 28–80mm F3.5–5.6 D lens, from the early 2000s.
I'm going through photos from our island from this past autumn, for an article I'm writing for a bird magazine.
Last year I took more photos of insects than in a long time as well, in addition to birds. And since I like to learn the names of species I have photos of, I checked up this and another weaker coloured one I found at the beach in September.
It appears to be the first registered couple of lesser marsh grasshoppers (Chorthippus albomarginatus) for both our county Rogaland and all of western Norway!
The female here is the most colourful. There is a more grey female version as well, but it seems to have another pattern than the weaker coloured individual I found together with this one, that must be a male.
The range of the lesser marsh grasshopper extends from Finland and southern Scandinavia in the north to Spain and Italy in the south.
(Strandenggresshoppe-par (Rogaland og vestlandets første registrerte), in Norwegian)
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A shot from our recent trip to Whitby. It was so busy because ot the Goth Weekend. Someone jumped a red light at the other side of the bridge and this is the result!!!
original drawing and painting by: Bill Rogers
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Our Daily Challenge 10-15 October : Pet Peeve
One of my lodgers is incapable of turning a tap OFF completely !
Of the many dozens of rooms on dozens of floors, we stopped abruptly at this one. Initially the colors drew us in. The tungsten light from outside the window cast an eerie glow Then we looked more closely at the stoop of the hotel across the way...
-abandoned skyscraper, Los Angeles
A game available on many systems, and now in LEGO form! Dalv faces the end boss, Yog-Dzewa. Yog-Dzewa is an Old God, a powerful entity from the realms of chaos. It has summoned Rotting Fist and Burning Fist: these are the last enemies that stand between Dalv and the Amulet of Yendor!
A century ago, the ancient dwarves barely won the war against its army of demons, but were unable to kill the god itself. Instead, they then imprisoned it in the halls below their city, believing it to be too weak to rise ever again. "Hope is an illusion" it says when Dalv encounters it.
I have spent many, many hours playing this game... I beat Yog-Dzewa thirteen times, with all characters classes, and multiple challenges, even once with two challenges! If you don't know the game, you can fix that for free, if you do, HOORAY!
As a tribute to all those hours of frustration, and some of entertainment, I built this MOC. I took some artistic liberties - mostly with the inventory - but wanted to give it as much of a game-like appearance as possible.
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St Malo harbour ... historic it may be, but as a protection against people falling in the water this chain has its gone beyond its limitations! Alas the Nikon was at home so this is best the Samsung Galaxy S6 can do.