n.
Any of about 11 species of Old World chat-thrushes (see chat ) in the genus Phoenicurus (family Turdidae) or about 12 New World species of wood warbler s (family Parulidae) of similar appearance and behaviour.
Old World redstarts have a red tail, which they constantly flit or shiver. They are about 6 in. (14 cm) long. The male common redstart ( P. phoenicurus ) is gray, with a black face and throat and reddish breast. New World redstarts (genera Setophaga and Myioborus ) are usually strikingly marked with black, white, and red.
Common, or American, redstart ( Setophaga ruticilla )
(Top) Stephen Dalton
Natural History Photographic Agency, (bottom) Hal H. Harrison from Grant Heilman
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