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Redstart

Redstarts

Common Redstart,Phoenicurus phoenicurus

Scientific classification

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Aves

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Muscicapidae

Genera and species

See text.

Redstarts are a group of small Old World birds. They were formerly classified in the thrush family (Turdidae), but

are now known to be part of the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. They are currently treated in four

genera, the true redstartsPhoenicurus, the closely related genera Chaimarrornis andRhyacornis, and the less closely

related genusHodgsonius.

These are insectivorous ground feeding birds, most of which have the red tail which gives the group its name; "start"

is the modern English reflex of Middle English stert, Old English steort, tail of an animal. Most species are

migratory, with northern species being long-distance migrants and more southerly species often being altitudinal

migrants breeding at high altitude and moving lower down in winter.

They are small insectivores, the males mostly brightly coloured in various combinations of red, blue, white, and

black, the females light brown with a red tail. Recent genetic studies have shown that the genus Phoenicurus is not

monophyletic, but may be made so by the inclusion ofChaimarrornis and Rhyacornis within Phoenicurus;[1]

thisconclusion is yet to be taken up by the International Ornithological Congress.

[2]

The New World redstarts in the genera Setophaga and Myioborus are not closely related; they are New World

warblers in the family Parulidae. Members of the latter genus, with extensive white and no red in their tails, are now

more often called "whitestarts".[3]

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Species list

GenusPhoenicurus

Przevalski's Redstart (Phoenicurus alaschanicus)

Eversmann's Redstart (Phoenicurus erythronotus)

Blue-capped Redstart (Phoenicurus caeruleocephala)

Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)

Common Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)

Hodgson's Redstart (Phoenicurus hodgsoni)

White-throated Redstart (Phoenicurus schisticeps)

Daurian Redstart (Phoenicurus auroreus)

Moussier's Redstart (Phoenicurus moussieri)

Gldenstdt's Redstart (Phoenicurus erythrogastrus)

Blue-fronted Redstart (Phoenicurus frontalis)

Genus Chaimarrornis

White-capped Redstart Chaimarrornis leucocephalus GenusRhyacornis

Plumbeous RedstartRhyacornis fuliginosus

Luzon RedstartRhyacornis bicolor

GenusHodgsonius

White-bellied RedstartHodgsonius phaenicuroides

References

[1] Sangster, G., Alstrm, P., Forsmark, E., & Olsson, U. (2010). Multi-locus phylogenetic analysis of Old World chats and flycatchers reveals

extensive paraphyly at family, subfamily and genus level (Aves: Muscicapidae).Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 57: 380

392 Full text(http://www.nrm.se/download/18.3ebfe5cf12a9d3ebacb80002787/Sangster+et+al+2010+Muscicapidae+MPE.pdf)

[2] IOC World Bird List Family Muscicapidae (http://www.worldbirdnames.org/n-chats.html)

[3] IOC World Bird List Family Parulidae (http://www.worldbirdnames.org/n-finches.html)

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