{"id":25332,"date":"2012-11-05T14:14:36","date_gmt":"2012-11-05T13:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/small-landbirds\/black-redstart-phoenicurus-ochruros\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T09:13:37","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T08:13:37","slug":"black-redstart-phoenicurus-ochruros","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/small-landbirds\/black-redstart-phoenicurus-ochruros\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros) is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the Thrush family (Turdidae), but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher (Muscicapidae). It is a widespread breeder in south and central Europe, and winters in southern Europe or north Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Factsheet: Black Redstart\u00a0<i>Phoenicurus\u00a0ochruros<\/i>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"ngg-galleryoverview\" id=\"ngg-gallery-208-25332\">\n\n\n\n    \t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1467\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/black-redstart-phoenicurus-ochruros\/juvenile-black-redstart-phoenicurus-ochruros-4.jpg\" title=\"Juvenile Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros) at Eggersriet SG, Switzerland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Juvenile Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros) at Eggersriet SG, Switzerland\" alt=\"Juvenile Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/black-redstart-phoenicurus-ochruros\/thumbs\/thumbs_juvenile-black-redstart-phoenicurus-ochruros-4.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Juvenile Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1466\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/black-redstart-phoenicurus-ochruros\/black-redstart-phoenicurus-ochruros.jpg\" title=\"Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros) at Eggersriet SG, Switzerland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros) at Eggersriet SG, Switzerland\" alt=\"Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/black-redstart-phoenicurus-ochruros\/thumbs\/thumbs_black-redstart-phoenicurus-ochruros.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1465\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/black-redstart-phoenicurus-ochruros\/black-redstart-phoenicurus-ochruros-8.jpg\" title=\"Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros) at Eggersriet SG, Switzerland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros) at Eggersriet SG, Switzerland\" alt=\"Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/black-redstart-phoenicurus-ochruros\/thumbs\/thumbs_black-redstart-phoenicurus-ochruros-8.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1464\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/black-redstart-phoenicurus-ochruros\/black-redstart-phoenicurus-ochruros-7.jpg\" title=\"Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros) at Eggersriet SG, Switzerland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros) at Eggersriet SG, Switzerland\" alt=\"Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/black-redstart-phoenicurus-ochruros\/thumbs\/thumbs_black-redstart-phoenicurus-ochruros-7.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1463\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/black-redstart-phoenicurus-ochruros\/black-redstart-phoenicurus-ochruros-6.jpg\" title=\"Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros) at Eggersriet SG, Switzerland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros) at Eggersriet SG, Switzerland\" alt=\"Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/black-redstart-phoenicurus-ochruros\/thumbs\/thumbs_black-redstart-phoenicurus-ochruros-6.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1462\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/black-redstart-phoenicurus-ochruros\/black-redstart-phoenicurus-ochruros-5.jpg\" title=\"Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros) at Eggersriet SG, Switzerland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros) at Eggersriet SG, Switzerland\" alt=\"Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/black-redstart-phoenicurus-ochruros\/thumbs\/thumbs_black-redstart-phoenicurus-ochruros-5.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1461\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/black-redstart-phoenicurus-ochruros\/black-redstart-phoenicurus-ochruros-3.jpg\" title=\"Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros) at Eggersriet SG, Switzerland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros) at Eggersriet SG, Switzerland\" alt=\"Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/black-redstart-phoenicurus-ochruros\/thumbs\/thumbs_black-redstart-phoenicurus-ochruros-3.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1460\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/black-redstart-phoenicurus-ochruros\/black-redstart-phoenicurus-ochruros-2.jpg\" title=\"Eggersriet SG, Switzerland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Eggersriet SG, Switzerland\" alt=\"Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/black-redstart-phoenicurus-ochruros\/thumbs\/thumbs_black-redstart-phoenicurus-ochruros-2.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1459\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/black-redstart-phoenicurus-ochruros\/black-redstart-phoenicurus-ochruros-1.jpg\" title=\"Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros) at Eggersriet SG, Switzerland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros) at Eggersriet SG, Switzerland\" alt=\"Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/black-redstart-phoenicurus-ochruros\/thumbs\/thumbs_black-redstart-phoenicurus-ochruros-1.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros) 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It is a widespread breeder in south and central Europe, and winters in southern Europe or north Africa. 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