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Phoenicurus phoenicurus
Redstart female
Mountains, prairie, spotted at 1300/1400m
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Thank you Daniele, for the suggestion and comment.
Indeed I checked first, and it didn't look exactly the same (on Wikipedia), also regarding the distribution, but I gave a chance to it. My bad too, as I couldn't be sure.
Thank you Joshua for the try/help.
I will update the info.
I have other pictures of female redstart feeding her babies, but it was closer to srping, and her belly didn't look that bright.
I guess during summer time they have a brighter feather.
Thank you everyone!
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I agree with Daniele, this is a female Redstart, Phoenicurus phoenicurus.
The Thrush-nightingale is very unlikely there, they are much further east, in the old USSR states, not in the Swiss mountains. Also they have mottled grey, not red flanks.
Frederic, this bird is not a Thrush Nightingale. The Thrush Nightingale is a nightingale of the East, and occurs in Northern and Eastern Central Europe. It has only been reported in Switzerland exceptionally.
http://www.vogelwarte.ch/thrush-nighting...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrush_nigh...
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