redstart
nounUS /ˈɹɛdstɑɹt/
Etymology Inherited from Middle English *redstert; equivalent to red + start (“tail”). Compare Dutch roodstaart, Danish rødstjert.
1
Any of various insectivorous ground-feeding birds, mainly of the genus Phoenicurus. Many of the species have a red tail.
- Derived terms
- American redstart, black redstart, blue-capped redstart, blue-fronted redstart, common redstart, Daurian redstart, Eversmann's redstart, Güldenstädt's redstart, Hodgson's redstart, Luzon water redstart, Moussier's redstart, plumbeous water redstart, Przevalski's redstart, water redstart, white-capped redstart, white-throated redstart