Definition of Redstert
Red"start` (-st?rt`), n. [Red +
start tail.] (Zoöl.) (a) A
small, handsome European singing bird (Ruticilla
phœnicurus), 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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Any of various insectivorous ground feeding birds, mainly of the genus Phoenicurus. Many of the species have a red tail.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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