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Résumé :
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Between 2000 and 2002 a male phenotypical intermediate hybrid between redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus and black redstart P. ochruros. was observed regularly during the breeding season in the Northern Black Forest (Ruhestein, 950 m NN; district Freudenstadt; Germany). Similar redstart hybrids have been documented several times. However, descriptionss on habitat selection, breeding success, offspring and fitness of such hybrids in the field are very rare. It is highly likely that close neighbourhood of breeding habitats of the two redstart species is responsible for the occurence of mixed broods. The hybrid documented in this study was breeding successfully each year with a black redstart female and raised at least two to three fledglings per brood.
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