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Redstart 
Phoeniaurus phoenicurur 
Variation is clinal with two well marked 
subspecies,one widespread in western and 
northern Eurasia and the other in the 
Middle East, with an area of intergrada¬ 
tion in Turkey. Both subspecies are 
found in the eastern Mediterranean and 
Egypt but the more widespread predominates. 
Habitat: Deciduous woods, parks and gardens 
with bushes and old trees, occasionally in 
pine forests and ruins. 
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