Black redstart vs Common redstart
The black redstart is heavier: 16.5 g against 14.6 g for the common redstart, about 13% more.
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What is the difference between a black redstart and a common redstart?
Each point below is worked out from a pair of recorded values.
- The black redstart is heavier: 16.5 g against 14.6 g for the common redstart, about 13% more.
- The common redstart is longer-lived: 10.2 years against 9.29 years for the black redstart, about 10% longer.
- Both belong to the genus Phoenicurus, so they are close relatives.
- Both are listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.
Side by side
| Black redstart | Common redstart | |
|---|---|---|
| Scientific name | Phoenicurus ochruros | Phoenicurus phoenicurus |
| Family | Muscicapidae | Muscicapidae |
| Order | Passeriformes | Passeriformes |
| Weight | 16.3 g – 16.7 g | 14.6 g – 15 g |
| Length | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Lifespan | 9.29 years | 10.2 years |
| Main food | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Habitat | rocky | woodland |
| Conservation status | Least Concern | Least Concern |
| Countries recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
A scale drawing needs a recorded length for both animals; only weights are on record for this pair.
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