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Common Name

Common Redstart

Alternate Names

Redstart

Common Type

Redstart

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Muscicapidae

Genus

Phoenicurus

Species

phoenicurus

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Location Photographed

Iraq,

Number of Sub-Species

Two Sub Species

Migratory or Resident

Migratory

Preferred Habitat

Woodlands with a high horizontal visibility and low amounts of shrub and understorey

Distribution and Range

Breed across Europe and northern Asia, winter in northern Sub Sahara Africa

Food

Insectivorous caught by hawking

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Bird

Common Redstart

Redstart

Redstart

Passeriformes

Muscicapidae

Phoenicurus

phoenicurus

Least Concern

Iraq,

Two Sub Species

Migratory

Woodlands with a high horizontal visibility and low amounts of shrub and understorey

Breed across Europe and northern Asia, winter in northern Sub Sahara Africa

Insectivorous caught by hawking

Nests are sometimes parasatized by cuckoos but it is not necessarily bad as the larger cuckoo chick might help thermoregulate the nest and even encourage more food provision for both.