Definitions for: Redstart

[n] European songbird with a reddish breast and tail; related to Old World robins
[n] flycatching warbler of eastern North America the male having bright orange on sides and wings and tail

Webster (1913) Definition: Red"start` (-st?rt`), n. [Red + start tail.]
(Zo["o]l.)
(a) A small, handsome European singing bird ({Ruticilla
ph[oe]nicurus}), allied to the nightingale; -- called
also redtail, brantail, fireflirt, firetail. The
black redstart is P.tithys. The name is also applied to
several other species of Ruticilla amnd allied genera,
native of India.
(b) An American fly-catching warbler (Setophaga ruticilla).
The male is black, with large patches of orange-red on
the sides, wings, and tail. The female is olive, with
yellow patches.

Synonyms: American redstart, redtail, Setophaga ruticilla

See Also: flycatching warbler, genus Phoenicurus, Phoenicurus, thrush

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