#redstarts

Beautiful bird at night who have beautiful flash reflecting eyes :>

Black Redstart - Rabirruivo-preto (Phoenicurus ochruros): male

Cruz Quebrada/Portugal (10/12/2025)

Photo: Doug Greenberg

"Warblers in general are often called 'the butterflies of the bird world,' but the Redstart may live up to that nickname more than any other species. This beautiful warbler flits about very actively in the trees, usually holding its wings and tail partly spread, as if to show off their patches of color. At times it feeds more like a flycatcher than a typical warbler, hovering among the foliage and often flying out to grab insects in mid-air."

My lifer black redstart! Such a charming little lady.

Robin and Redstart. Archibald Thorburn (1860-1935)

Bruno Liljefors (1860-1939, Swedish) ~ Redstarts and Butterflies - Five studies in one frame, 1885

American redstarts (Setophaga ruticilla,) female (top) and hatch year male

September 20, 2018