Black Redstart, Colirrojo tizón

Young male, first year.

The Black Redstart is 13–14.5 cm long. The adult male is overall dark grey to black on the upperparts and with a black breast; the lower rump and tail are orange-red, with the two central tail feathers dark red-brown. The belly and undertail are blackish-grey; the wings are blackish-grey with pale fringes on the secondaries forming a whitish panel. The female is grey (western subspecies) overall except for the orange-red lower rump and tail, greyer than the Common Redstart; at any age the grey axillaries and underwing coverts are also distinctive. One-year old males are similar to females but blacker; the whitish wing panel of the western subspecies does not develop until the second year.