English: Black
Redstart
Russian: Горихвостка-чернушка
Mongolian: Мойлон галсүүлт
German: Hausrotschwanz
French: Rougequeue noir
Japanese: クロジョウビタキ (Kuro-jobitaki) Body length: 13-14.5 cm
Wing span: 23-25 cm
Passage migrant /summer visitor
Breeding season: May-August
Egg number: 6-7 (occasionally 4-10)
Egg colour: Glossy light blue.
Brood:
1 per year
Global status: Least concern
Regional status: Least concern
Food: Terrestrial arthropods and their
larvae.
Habitat: Breeding habitats consist of high
cliff-faces, rocks and boulders with scattered tall bushes and rarely on rocky
slopes and cliffs along forest edges and river valleys in high mountains,
desert steppe and mountains in the Gobi at altitudes of 3000-3200m. Breeding sites
are located near creeks and springs in high mountains.