Common redstart

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phylum Chordata The Common Redstart shows some affinity to the European Robin in many of its habits and actions. It has the same general carriage, and chat-like behaviour, and is the same length at 13–14.5 cm long but slightly slimmer and not quite as heavy, weighing 11–23 g. The orange-red tail, from which it and other redstarts get their names ("start" is an old word for "tail"), is frequently quivered. Among common European birds, only the Black Redstart has a similarly coloured tail.

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clade Diapsida
Class Aves
order Passeriformes
family Muscicapidae
genus Phoenicurus
species P. phoenicurus