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Phoenicurus phoenicurus · Family Muscicapidae

Phoenicurus phoenicurus

Family Muscicapidae

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Muscicapidae
GBIF occurrence records
1,754,454
Countries and territories with records
122
Common Redstart
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About this species

This species has 1,754,454 occurrence records from 122 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Sweden (26%), Finland (12.1%), France (10.3%), the Netherlands (9.1%) and Denmark (8.8%); together they account for 66.3% of the total. In Sweden, this species accounts for 0.45% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Phoenicurus phoenicurus combines the genus name Phoenicurus with the species epithet phoenicurus. The Warbla app catalog lists 14 species of the genus Phoenicurus; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Phoenicurus ochruros, Phoenicurus auroreus and Phoenicurus fuliginosus.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 316 species of the family Muscicapidae. This species ranks 6th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Erithacus rubecula. Its record count is 15 times the family average (117,032). The family Muscicapidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.

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