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The Black redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros) is a bird found in France, Spain, Germany, Portugal, Netherlands, Sweden, and 2 more countries. Rocky places, cliffs and towns across Europe and Asia. It eats insects and other small invertebrates, fruit and seeds and nuts. The IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern.

🏡 Where the Black redstart lives

Rocky places, cliffs and towns across Europe and Asia.

🍽️ What it eats

• 🐛 Insects & bugs60%
• 🍎 Fruit30%
• 🌰 Seeds & nuts10%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

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Recorded by David Gustafsson (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC1101875. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Black redstart

Where does the Black redstart live?

The Black redstart lives in France, Spain, Germany, Portugal, Netherlands, Sweden, and 2 more countries. Rocky places, cliffs and towns across Europe and Asia.

What does the Black redstart eat?

insects and other small invertebrates (about 60%), fruit (about 30%), seeds and nuts (about 10%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Black redstart endangered?

There are plenty of these birds. Its IUCN Red List category is Least Concern.

More birds from Europe

• Rock dove
• Eurasian blue tit
• Eurasian chaffinch
• Common wood pigeon
• Common buzzard
• Fieldfare

Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.