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Common Redstart - Phoenicurus phoenicurus
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Common name: Common Redstart

Scientific name: Phoenicurus phoenicurus

Accession number: 168

Materials: Watercolour on paper

When painted: 1831-1841

"Their food is composed of insects, which they generally catch on wing, of larvae, pupae, and berries."

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