Common Redstart vs Malayan Water Shrew

Phoenicurus phoenicurus compared with Chimarrogale hantu

Key Differences

• Common Redstart is Least Concern while Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Common Redstart	Malayan Water Shrew
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Passeriformes (Songbirds)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Muscicapidae	Soricidae
Genus	Phoenicurus	Chimarrogale
Species	Phoenicurus phoenicurus	Chimarrogale hantu

Evolutionary Relationship

Common Redstart and Malayan Water Shrew share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (Chordates)

Conservation Status

Common Redstart

LC — Least Concern

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Common Redstart	Malayan Water Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Common Redstart

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg, Norway, and Sweden.

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Common Redstart

Common Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus) is classified as Least Concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List. Widespread and abundant across its range, with stable populations and no immediate conservation concerns.