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Maximum age:10 years
Eggs and clutches:Incubation two weeks. 6 - 8 eggs, often two clutches.
Latin name:Phoenicurus phoenicurus
Description
In the very first light of the day, the redstart begins to sing from the top of a tall tree or a TV antenna. When the redstart returns from its stay in Africa in the winter, most of the nesting boxes are already occupied, so it has to be happy with what it can find.
Appearance
A slender bird that has a brick red colour underneath. The male has beautiful plumage with a black throat, cheek, and white forehead. The female is a light yellow-white underneath and greyish brown on top.
Similar bird
The robin and the linnet are also red on their breasts but lack the black throat and white eyes.
Sounds and song
It's a somewhat melancholy song with a varying finish. They Will start singing around midnight.
Song
Contact Call
Waring Call
Food and bird tables
Insects and larvae. Will catch them in flight or on the ground.
The nest and hollows
Likes nesting in hollows. The nest is usually placed in tree hollows or on the ground.
Summer
Resident
Winter