Redstart

Definition of Redstart

Red´start`   Pronunciation: ~st?rt`
n.1.(Zool.) A small, handsome European singing bird (Phoenicurus phoenicurus, formerly Ruticilla phoenicurus), allied to the nightingale; - called also redtail, brantail, fireflirt, firetail. The black redstart is Phoenicurus ochruros (formerly Phoenicurus tithys), and is now rare and protected by law in England. The name is also applied to several other species of Ruticilla and allied genera, native of India.

Related Words

American redstart, flycatching warbler, Setophaga ruticilla
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