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Common Redstart

Phoenicurus phoenicurus

Classification

Class
Aves

The common redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus), or often simply redstart, is a small passerine bird in the 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 (family Muscicapidae). Taxonomy and systematics The first formal description of the common redstart was by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae under the binomial name Motacilla phoenicurus.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Netherlands · 85,091France · 54,824Germany · 47,385Spain · 30,625United Kingdom · 21,270Italy · 10,791Switzerland · 3,616Luxembourg · 2,708Belgium · 1,577