Black Redstarts Phoenicurus ochruros

Phoenicurus ochruros
Adult male Phoenicurus ochruros photographed at Cochem, Mosel-valley, Rheiland-Pfalz, SW Germany, 4.4. 2006. Foto: Hannu Koskinen

Phoenicurus ochruros
2cy male Phoenicurus ochruros at Trier, river Mosel, Rheiland-Pfalz, SW Germany, 6.4. 2006.
Sexed by bluish-grey toned wingcoverts, scapulars and mantle. Note the contrast in greatercoverts. Foto: Hannu Koskinen

Phoenicurus ochruros
2cy male Phoenicurus ochruros at Trier, river Mosel, Rheiland-Pfalz, SW Germany, 6.4. 2006. Foto: Hannu Koskinen

Phoenicurus ochruros
2cy male Phoenicurus ochruros at Trier, river Mosel, Rheiland-Pfalz, SW Germany, 6.4. 2006. Foto: Hannu Koskinen

Phoenicurus ochruros
2cy male Phoenicurus ochruros at Trier, river Mosel, Rheiland-Pfalz, SW Germany, 6.4. 2006.
Note the black feathering around eye; a character indicating male. Foto: Hannu Koskinen