Factbites
 Where results make sense
About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   PR   |   Contact us  

Topic: Common Redstart


Related Topics

In the News (Fri 1 Jun 12)

  
  Common Redstart - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Redstart or Common Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus) 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).
The Redstart is common in Great Britain but in Ireland it is very local.
The rich chestnut tail, from which it and other redstarts gets their names (“start” is an old word for ”tail”), is always in motion.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Common_Redstart   (388 words)

  
 Black Redstart - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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).
On passage it is fairly common on the east and south coasts.
The "fire" of the tail labels the bird as a Redstart, but it may be distinguished from the Common Redstart, which is the same size, at 14 cm length, by its sootier appearance, even when the distinctive white wing patch is not apparent, as in immature males.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Black_Redstart   (354 words)

  
 redstart - HighBeam Encyclopedia
Redstarts build crude, cup-shaped nests either near the ground or in the hole of a tree or building.
The common name redstart is also used for several species of small New World wood-warblers, family Parulidae, in the genera Stetophaga and Myioborus.
Redstarts are classified in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class Aves, order Passeriformes, families Turdidae and Parulidae.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/r/redstart.asp   (476 words)

  
 Redstart - The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
Redstarts are immediately identifiable by their bright orange-red tails, which they often quiver.
Redstarts 'bob' in a very robin-like manner, but spend little time at ground level.
It is included on the Amber List as species with unfavourable conservation status in Europe where it is declining.
www.rspb.org.uk /birds/guide/R/Redstart/index.asp   (218 words)

  
 Isosaari. 1994-95
The Common Eiders (Somateria mollissima) and Goosanders (Mergus merganser) were numerous in winter months and there were also some wintering Mallards (Anas platyrhynchos), Goldeneyes (Bucephala clangula) and of course lots of Herring Gulls, Greater Black-backed Gulls and Mew Gulls (Larus argentatus, L. marinus and L. canus).
Common passerines: There were some species, which were significantly common in the island, in compare with continent, like Winter Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes), Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca), Icterine Warbler (Hippolais icterina), Goldcrest (Regulus regulus), Wheatear (Oënanthe oënanthe), Eurasian Robin (Erithacus rubecula), Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus), Treecreeper (Certhia familiaris), Greenfinch (Chloris chloris) and Scarlet Rosefinch (Carpodacus erythrinus).
Extremely common were the thrushes, besides their vast migrating masses there were nests of Blackbirds and Fieldfares everywhere, and also very much Redwings (Turdus iliacus).
www.camacdonald.com /birding/tripreports/Isosaari.html   (5040 words)

  
 JoG: Redstart hybrids
In mid-May 1999 we discovered a redstart Phoenicurus, strongly resembling a Black Redstart of one of the south-eastern forms ochruros (Turkey, Caucasus), semirufus (Levant), rufiventris (Transcaspia) or phoenicuroides (Tien Shan; all according to BWP, Vol 5), singing in a classical Black Redstart territory in Falköping, Skaraborg, south-central Sweden (58'10N; 13'30E).
On one occasion in July, two singing redstarts were heard, of which one had normal song for a Black Redstart, the other, though, singing an peculiar more-or-less mixed song, something between the songs of Common and Blach Redstart.
Dornberger, W., Dehner, R. and Nicolai, B. [Male hybrid of a Black Redstart and a Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros, Ph phoenicurus) 1996 in Niederstetten, Main-Tauber district.] Faunistische und Floristische Mitteilungen aus dem Taubergrund 14: 36--37, 45--46.
www.algonet.se /~jgrahn/jonas/phoenicurus   (784 words)

  
 NPWRC :: Breeding Birds of ND
The more common plants are nodding fescue, Virginia wild rye, nodding muhly, charming sedge, Sprengel's sedge, jack-in-the-pulpit, wood leek, large bellwort, false Solomon's seal, Solomon's seal, nodding trillium, carrion flower, wood nettle, wild ginger, columbine, kidneyleaf buttercup, tall meadowrue, bloodroot, yellow wood violet, pink wood violet, wild sarsaparilla, honewort, and waterleaf.
Some of the more common species include rattlesnake fern, nodding fescue, bottlebrush grass, Virginia wild rye, slender wedgegrass, nodding muhly, false Solomon's seal, false lily-of-the-valley, carrion flower, broad-leaved stitchwort, baneberry, wild strawberry, yellow evens, common blue violet, yellow wood violet, sweet cicely, yellow wood parsnip, cow parsnip, wood stickseed, and smooth blue aster.
Dwarf juniper, creeping juniper, and skunk sumac are common in the shrub understory.
www.npwrc.usgs.gov /resource/birds/bbofnd/fcom.htm   (2012 words)

  
 Summer Birding in the Cairngorms and Orkneys ITINERARY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Common Cuckoo are more often heard that seen.
Common Buzzards and Wood Pigeon are frequently seen overhead, and small parties of Mistle Thrush are to be seen in the clearings, while Goldeneye inhabit the Loch.
Peregrine, Common Buzzard, Hooded Crow and Merlin are frequently seen overhead.
www.birdtreks.com /itin/ukorsum01.html   (1189 words)

  
 surfbirds.com - Armenia and Georgia
Green Warbler and Caucasian Chiffchaff are common on the wooded slopes and Semi-collared Flycatcher breeds near Dilijan.
Georgia: from the literature we knew this species occurs commonly on steep slopes with rocky outcrops and scree at 3,000-4,000 masl and we were advised they are considerably commoner through their range than Caspian Snowcock is in e.g.
Georgia: common in the birch woodland by the track between Gergeti and Gergeti Sameba Trinity Church.
www.surfbirds.com /mb/trips/armenia-report-0904.html   (2947 words)

  
 May 2004 Central Mass Bird Sightings
At South Bay in Boylston, a pair of adult Common Loons was seen in the neck of the cove as well as 1 Double-crested Cormorant on the Gull Raft.
There was no activity at the Eagle nest, but we also saw the COMMON TERN on the buoy mentioned by Paul Meleski as well as 1 or 2 Common Loons that were diving constantly and were too distant to age.
Redstart (4); Ovenbird (1); Scarlet Tanager (2); Rose-breasted Grosbeak (2); Baltimore Oriole (3);
users.wpi.edu /~rsquimby/birds/may04.html   (8904 words)

  
 Phoenicurus phoenicurus
Male Redstarts are delightfully gaudy birds, especially when flashing their red tails, trying to attract their partner to a potential nest site.
The eye-catching red tail separates the Redstart from all other small birds except the darker, duller Black Redstart.
Even the dullest female Redstarts have a pale throat and hints of orange in their underparts, unlike Black Redstarts.
www.birdguides.com /html/vidlib/species/Phoenicurus_phoenicurus.htm   (218 words)

  
 May 2004 Sightings
I read that the common goldeneye often breeds before spring migration and that it is the female who incubates the eggs.
WARE (as reported by Chris Buelow) A flock of at least 17 Common Nighthawks was seen at dusk from the bridge over the Ware River near Main Street.
The Common Nighthawk was also roosting on a snag in the same area.
massbird.org /noho/0405.htm   (9011 words)

  
 Tuscan Archipelago Italy - BirdForum Location Directory
Waders, crakes, storks and herons of various species drop in to rest and feed and a wide range of passerines can be seen.
Common migrants include Greater Short-toed Lark, Northern Wheatear, Red-backed Shrike, Ortolan Bunting and various warblers while scarcer species such as Red-throated Pipit are also regular.
In winter Capraia is a regular haunt of Common Kingfisher, Wallcreeper and Alpine Accentor.
www.birdforum.net /thedirectory/showproduct.php?product=492   (535 words)

  
 May 2005
Lingering Ring Ouzel, Black Redstart, Rook, 2 Tree Sparrow and Brambling were all seen again and a thin smattering of common warblers were also remnants of the past few days.
Warblers were in evidence with 8 Sedge, 2 Reed, 4 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Common Whitethroat, 5 Blackcap, 10 Chiffchaff and 8 Willow Warbler logged.
Six Spotted Flycatcher, Black Redstart, Common Redstart, 4 Whinchat, the 2 Tree Sparrow, 2 Linnet and fine male Snow Bunting were also noted.
www.fairislebirdobs.co.uk /Sightings/2005/may_2005.htm   (2148 words)

  
 redstart   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
redstart, common name for an Old World thrush of the genus
The common name redstart is also used for several species of small New World wood-warblers, family Parulidae, in the genera
There are also approximately ten species of redstarts in the tropical genus
www.infoplease.com /ce6/sci/A0841365.html   (419 words)

  
 Birding Iceland
Vagrants make up most of the Icelandic List (80%), many of these being really common birds in the neighbouring countries (e.g.
The list below now includes over 250 species (in taxonomic order), or all species of which less than 200 individuals have been recorded in Iceland till the end of 2000, plus several other more common species.
Common x King Eider hybrids Somateria mollissima X spectabilis
www.hi.is /~yannk/varia.html   (317 words)

  
 TURDIDAE THRASHERS
Similar in length to European Robin but with much more attenuated form, most obvious in flatter crown, longer wings, and slim rear body extending into rather long taill.
Small, elegantly dressed, and graceful chat, with fine bill, rather long wings and tail, and slim rear body, Brilliant rufous-chestnut rump and tail always eye-catching whether flirted in flight or characteristically quivered on ground.
very common migrant throughout the country, and very rare winterer in S. p.
my.ort.org.il /holon/birds/bd10.html   (388 words)

  
 May 2006 Bird Sightings
SOUTHWICK (From Seth Kellogg) at Congamond 1 Common Loon 11 Dble-cr.
BELCHERTOWN: At the house- Yellow Warbler (1), Common Yellowthroat (3), Yellow Rumped Warbler (2), Pine Warbler (1), Ovenbird (1), Hooded Merganser (1) chick, Baltimore Oriole (2), Ruby Throated Hummingbird (2), House Wren (1), Gray Catbird (2), Eastern Towhee (2), Eastern Phoebe (2), Swamp Sparrow (3).
There was a female Yellow Warbler and three Common Yellow throuats in the hedge row near the pool.
www.massbird.org /noho/0605.htm   (10018 words)

  
 BIRDEAST archives -- May 2003, week 1 (#1)
Also seen was a bird presumed to be a Northern Parula X Cerulean Warbler hybrid.
Instead, the underparts are all white with a distinct bluish band across the upper breast like a Cerulean.
It also appears to be mostly blue on the upperparts without an olive wash." Sightings from LEASER LAKE, Lehigh County included: Common Loon and Bufflehead.
listserv.arizona.edu /cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0305a&L=birdeast&F=&S=&P=67   (1005 words)

  
 Eastern Europe. June 1996
Both the species of shrikes, Redbacked (L. collurio) and Lesser Grey, were common and abundant, Redbacked being about ten times as common as the Lesser Grey.
The most common birds of the puszta seemed to be House Sparrow (Passer domesticus), Starling (Sturnus vulgaris), Hooded Crow (Corvus c.
In the villages and towns very common besides the basic sparrows and pigeons and doves were Black Redstart, Serin (Serinus serinus), Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis), Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus), Greenfinch (Chloris chloris), Blackbird and Song Thrush (Turdus merula et philomelos), Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) and Crested Lark (Galerida cristata).
www.camacdonald.com /birding/tripreports/EastEuro96.html   (2611 words)

  
 Spring Birding in the Cairngorms and the West Coast of Scotland ITINERARY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Common Buzzard, Golden Eagle, Eurasian Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, Merlin, Peregrine and Osprey have all been seen on previous trips, together with Ring Ouzel (twenty in 2000) Northern Wheatear, Whinchat, Skylark, and Raven, a small herd of Feral Goats inhabit the Valley.
During the crossing we should see numerous Auks and Gulls and on previous trips we have seen Common Loon, Manx Shearwater, Northern Gannet, Pomarine Jaeger, Glaucous Gull, Common Porpoises and Basking Shark.
The cliffs hold spectacular numbers of Common Murre, Razorbill, Atlantic Puffin, Fulmar, Shag, and Kittiwake together with Herring Gull and Greater Black-backed Gull.
www.birdtreks.com /itin/ukscspr01.html   (1005 words)

  
 June Sightings 2005
Common Loon, Northern Gannet, Double-crested Cormorant, Great Blue Heron, Great Black-backed Gull, Herring Gull, Ring-billed Gull, Black-legged Kittiwake, Razorbill, Murre species?, Black Guillemot
Mallard, Common Goldeneye, Killdeer, Black-billed Magpie, Red-winged Blackbird, Brewer's Blackbird, Common Grackle, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Chipping Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, Lincoln's Sparrow, Song Sparrow
Common Loon, Common Snipe, Alder Flycatcher, American Crow, Northern Raven, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Winter Wren, American Robin, Hermit Thrush, Swainson's Thrush, Red-eyed or Philadelphia Vireo, Tennessee Warbler, Nashville Warbler, Magnolia Warbler, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Ovenbird, Northern Waterthrush, Mourning Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, Northern Junco, White-throated Sparrow, Lincoln's Sparrow
www.anselm.edu /homepage/jpitocch/sightings/jun05.html   (271 words)

  
 Dave`s Diary: TAWNY OWL & COMMON REDSTART NEW TO MY BIRDS PHOTOGRAPHED LIST
I also saw 2 COMMON REDSTART & got this shot of a nice Male, 4 Male & 3 Female PIED FLYCATCHER, 4 WOOD WARBLER, 2 CHIFFCHAFF, 2 WILLOW WARBLER, 4 TREECREEPER, 2 RAVEN & a TREE PIPIT.
On the way home I stopped off at Splatford near to Haldon Forest & saw 2 TURTLE DOVE.
Posted by Stonegrouse04 at May 9, 2005 05:12 PM
www.surfbirds.com /blogs/stonegrouse/archives/002460.html   (178 words)

  
 (Common) Redstart, Phoenicurus phoenicurus - BirdDiary.co.uk
fairly common migrant breader / common passage visitor
Slender bird with distinctive plumage; grey crown and back, fl bib and red-orange breast and tail.
See a list of all diary entries to date.
www.birddiary.co.uk /birdinfo.asp?bid=451   (124 words)

  
 Mangoverde World Bird Guide Species Page: Common Redstart
Mangoverde World Bird Guide Species Page: Common Redstart
World Bird Guide :: Old World Flycatchers :: Common Redstart
Alternate common name(s): Redstart, White-fronted Redstart, Eurasian Redstart, European Redstart
www.mangoverde.com /wbg/spec/spec142-195.html   (77 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)

Factbites
  About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   Press   |   Contact us  
Copyright © 2005-2007 www.factbites.com Usage implies agreement with terms.