redstart

== English == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle English *redstert; equivalent to red +‎ start (“tail”). Compare Dutch roodstaart, Danish rødstjert. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɹɛdstɑɹt/ === Noun === redstart (plural redstarts) Any of various insectivorous ground-feeding birds, mainly of the genus Phoenicurus. Many of the species have a red tail. (Canada, US) A species of warbler native to the Americas, Setophaga ruticilla, only distantly related to Phoenicurus. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === redstart on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Phoenicurus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Phoenicurus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons