Listen to the black redstart
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About the black redstart
The black redstart is a bird in the family Muscicapidae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”. Adults have a wingspan of about 25 cm.
What does the black redstart sound like?
Birds produce sound with the syrinx, a vocal organ deep in the chest that can make two independent sounds at once. Songs tend to be long and patterned and are used to hold territory and attract a mate; calls are short signals for contact, alarm and flight.
The recordings here are labelled as song and call. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The black redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros) is a small passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family. It is a widespread breeder in rocky habitats across Eurasia and North Africa, from the British Isles south to Morocco and east to central China. It is resident in the milder parts of its range, but northern and eastern birds migrate.
Related birds in the genus Phoenicurus
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Frequently asked questions
What does a black redstart sound like?
You can hear 6 recordings of the black redstart on this page, including its song and call. Birds produce sound with the syrinx, a vocal organ deep in the chest that can make two independent sounds at once.
Is the black redstart endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the black redstart as “least concern”.
What family does the black redstart belong to?
The black redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros) belongs to the family Muscicapidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros) (W1CDR0000253 BD17) – CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song · Slottshagen, Norrköping municipality, Östergötland county… by Robert Petersen – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call · Oviedo, Asturias, Principado de Asturias, Spain by Luis Alvarez Menendez – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call · Oviedo, Asturias, Principado de Asturias, Spain by Luis Alvarez Menendez – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song by Marie-Lan Taÿ Pamart – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song by Marie-Lan Taÿ Pamart – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q26755 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Black redstart – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Siva301in – CC BY-SA 3.0