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Phoenicurus ochruros
Juvenile. The Black Redstart is a small passerine bird in the redstart genus Phoenicurus. It belongs to the mountains but a long time ago came to the planes where men built big stone buildings that remind it to the original rocky places they use to habitate. It is a small bird 13–14.5 cm in length and 12–20 g in weight. The adult male is overall dark grey to black on the upperparts and with a black breast; the lower rump and tail are orange-red, with the two central tail feathers dark red-brown. The belly and undertail are blackish-grey in the western subspecies; see Systematics. The wings are blackish-grey with pale fringes on the secondaries forming a whitish panel in the western subspecies. The female is grey overall except for the orange-red lower rump and tail. The grey axillaries and underwing coverts are also distinctive. One-year old males are similar to females but blacker; the whitish wing panel does not develop until the second year.
Spotted on a rocky sea-shore.
Camera Model: NIKON D300. Exposure Time: 1/250 sec.; f/8; ISO Speed Rating: 800. Exposure Bias: 0 EV. Focal Length: 300.0 mm. No flash fired
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