Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus) is 14 cm long and has the characteristic reddish tail, while the head in adults is black around the beak and clear at the top.

The female has less intense colors, on brown gray, keeping the color of the reddish tail. It also has a clear circular color around the eyes

The small ones are brown with a slightly red tail.

He lives in Europe, Africa and Asia.

Nests in the tree trunk logs and in the houses subtypes about 4-6 meters from the ground. The female lays 2 broods the year of 6-7 eggs that are incubated only by the female for 13 days. The little ones fly between 14 and 20 days.

His food : insects, worms, butterflies.

The courtship is very special because the male performs with the raised tail and the fan-like wings showing all the plumage colors.

It is migratory and wintering in Africa and in the Middle East.

It is not in danger of extinction, though, due to changes in traditional fruit growing agriculture, the number of specimens has decreased.

This Redstart female waited in front of the nest with food, a butterfly, for her little ones.

Sge sang with the closed beak, so that the butterfly did not escape.