Common Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)

Common Redstart, a reference photo — Photo: Jerzy Strzelecki · CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)

The common redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus), or often simply redstart, is a small passerine bird in the genus Phoenicurus. Like its relatives, it was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family, (Turdidae), but is now known to be an Old World flycatcher (family Muscicapidae).

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Common Redstart being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Phoenicurus ochruros
Phoenicurus hodgsoni

Classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Phoenicurus
Species: Phoenicurus phoenicurus

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