redstart

redstart Definition

red·start (-stärt′)

noun

☆ any of various wood warblers; esp. the American redstart (Setophaga ruticilla), the male of which is black and orange above and white below
any of a genus (Phoenicurus) of small European thrushes with a reddish tail, esp. a common species (P. phoenicurus)

Etymology: red + obs. start < ME stert, tail < OE steort: see stark-naked

redstart Usage Examples

Converse of object

include: Other grounded migrants included two Redstarts, four Whinchats, about 20 ' Greenland ' Wheatears and a Ring Ouzel.
see: I think this was the only Redstart seen during the visit.

Adjective modifier

black: A black redstart was also present at the top of Warren Glen.
common: BBC Nature notes A common redstart has been seen in the trees in Hyde Park, London, this week.
male: A handsome male Redstart with female companion is another pleasing addition to our list.
first: On the 5 th the first Redstart of the year, a male was on Bryher and the first Puffins arrived.
female: March / April: A female black redstart was discovered by us in a Tywi Valley farmyard.

Modifies a noun

group: Several individual plans have active groups with for example the woodland and black redstarts groups.

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