Mystery bird: Common redstart, Phoenicurus phoenicurus #birds #MysteryBirds

This mystery birds of Ethiopia has a very wide range - covers a large part of Europe (including video)

Redstart

Phoenicurus phoenicurus

(protonym Motacilla Phoenicurus

), also known as the name The Eurasian or European American redstart, red-tailed White-fronted or simply as the red-tailed, photographed in the Crater Lake Hora, near Debre Zeyit, Ethiopia (Africa). Image :. Dan Logen January 26, 2011 (with permission) [velociraptorize]

Nikon D300s, 600 mm lens, ISO 640, f/7.1, 1 / 320

Question: This mystery birds of Ethiopia has a very wide range - covers much of Europe. Can you identify this species? Can you tell me what this bird is in Africa?

answer:

is a flamboyant adult male

Phoenicurus phoenicurus

often known simply to as the black redstart ("start" originally meant "tail"). Coloration of this species is very characteristic tail: between common European birds, red-tailed black only

Phoenicurus

ochrurus , has a tail of similar color. The Redstart shakes its tail, a distinctive behavior.
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