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common redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)

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Inherited from Middle English *redstert; equivalent to red +‎ start (tail). Compare Dutch roodstaart, Danish rødstjert.

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redstart (plural redstarts)

  1. Any of various insectivorous ground-feeding birds, mainly of the genus Phoenicurus. Many of the species have a red tail.
  2. (Canada, US) A species of warbler native to the Americas, Setophaga ruticilla, only distantly related to Phoenicurus.

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