---
title: "Zwarte roodstaart"
description: "Phoenicurus ochruros — Vogels. The black redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros) is a small passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/black-redstart
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Zwarte roodstaart

> Phoenicurus ochruros — Vogels. The black redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros) is a small passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family.

- Scientific name: *Phoenicurus ochruros*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 96434
- Wikidata: [Q26755](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26755)
- iNaturalist taxon: [13000](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/13000)

## Names

- en: Black Redstart
- de: Hausrotschwanz
- es: Colirrojo tizón
- fr: Rougequeue noir
- nl: Zwarte roodstaart
- pt: Rabirruivo-preto
- pl: Kopciuszek zwyczajny

## Countries with the most observations

ES (14469), FR (10402), RU (9659), IT (9062), DE (8707), PT (6419), AT (4032), CH (2221), CZ (2144), UA (1846), PL (1484), IN (1076)

## Summary

The black redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros) is a small passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family. It is a widespread breeder in rocky habitats across Eurasia and North Africa, from the British Isles south to Morocco and east to central China. It is resident in the milder parts of its range, but northern and eastern birds migrate.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_redstart

## Photo

![Zwarte roodstaart](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/black-redstart/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dario Taraborelli · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/88849020

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/black-redstart?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).