Phoenicurus phoenicurus
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Bright orange-red tail and rump with brown central tail feathers, constantly quivered when perched
Male has a white forehead, black face and throat, orange breast and slate-grey crown; black redstart lacks the white forehead and has a sooty breast
Female has clean buff-orange underparts, whereas female black redstart is uniformly dull grey-brown
Sallies out from a branch to catch insects and returns, unlike black redstart which uses roofs, walls and the ground
Short melancholy opening note followed by a scratchy flourish; alarm a "hweet tuc-tuc"
