redstart
English
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English *redstert; equivalent to red + start (“tail”). Compare Dutch roodstaart, Danish rødstjert.
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
- Przevalski's redstart (Phoenicurus alaschanicus)
- Eversmann's redstart (Phoenicurus erythronotus)
- blue-capped redstart (Phoenicurus coeruleocephala)
- black redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)
- common redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)
- Hodgson's redstart (Phoenicurus hodgsoni)
- white-throated redstart (Phoenicurus schisticeps)
- Daurian redstart (Phoenicurus auroreus)
- Moussier's redstart (Phoenicurus moussieri)
- Güldenstädt's redstart (Phoenicurus erythrogastrus)
- blue-fronted redstart (Phoenicurus frontalis)
- plumbeous water redstart (Phoenicurus fuliginosus, syn. Rhyacornis fuliginosa)
- Luzon water redstart (Phoenicurus bicolor, syn. Rhyacornis bicolor)
- white-capped redstart (Phoenicurus leucocephalus)
- water redstart
Translations
ground-feeding bird
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References
redstart on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Phoenicurus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Phoenicurus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
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