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Common redstart migration Phoenicurus phoenicurus
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Press ⶠto play the year. Line: a simplified typical route, joining the main cluster of GBIF records in each month (adjusted for observer effort).
| Scientific name | Phoenicurus phoenicurus |
|---|---|
| Wingspan | 22 cm |
| IUCN status | Least concern |
| Records mapped | 1,065,440 (GBIF) |
| GPS / geolocator tracks | none with an open licence yet |
Facts from Wikidata Q26620 (CC0).
When does the common redstart arrive in the UK?
A summer visitor in the records: sightings rise sharply from early April, are near their peak by mid April, and fall away after mid October.
Bars: this speciesâ share of all UK bird records in GBIF (CC0/CC BY), by month, scaled to the peak month. Based on 39,536 UK records. Weekly counts from the GBIF occurrence search API (country=GB). Dates are read from records, not from a survey, so treat them as a guide.
When do they arrive in and leave the UK? â
Migration in the data
1,065,440 GBIF records (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 licences only) are mapped here, in 1.41° grid cells, month by month.
In Europe and Africa, the centre of the records (adjusted for observer effort) is furthest north in July (about 56°N) and furthest south in December (about 17°N).
Month by month: centre of records in Europe and Africa
| Month | Centre (latitude) | South of the Equator |
|---|---|---|
| January | 18°N | 0% |
| February | 20°N | 0% |
| March | 32°N | 0% |
| April | 40°N | 0% |
| May | 51°N | 0% |
| June | 56°N | 0% |
| July | 56°N | 0% |
| August | 54°N | 0% |
| September | 46°N | 0% |
| October | 38°N | 0% |
| November | 27°N | 0% |
| December | 17°N | 5% |
Tracked birds
No openly licensed (CC0 / CC BY) tracking data package for this species was found in the Movebank Data Repository yet, so only records are shown.
About the common redstart
The common redstart, or often simply redstart, is a small passerine bird in the genus Phoenicurus. Like its relatives, it was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family, (Turdidae), but is now known to be an Old World flycatcher.
From the Wikipedia article âCommon redstartâ (revision 1371681379), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sources
GBIF occurrence records, licence CC0 1.0 or CC BY 4.0 only, observations only (no specimens), filtered with: taxonKey=5739317&license=CC0_1_0&license=CC_BY_4_0&occurrenceStatus=PRESENT&hasGeospatialIssue=false&basisOfRecord=HUMAN_OBSERVATION&basisOfRecord=MACHINE_OBSERVATION&basisOfRecord=OBSERVATION. Monthly queries: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec. GBIF.org (23 October 2026) occurrence data accessed via the GBIF API; a GBIF download DOI is still to be added. Contributing datasets.