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Setophaga ruticilla
(gcide) | Redstart \Red"start`\ (-st?rt`), n. [Red + start tail.] (Zool.)
(a) A small, handsome European singing bird ({Phoenicurus
phoenicurus}, formerly Ruticilla phoenicurus),
allied to the nightingale; -- called also redtail,
brantail, fireflirt, firetail. The black
redstart is Phoenicurus ochruros (formerly
Phoenicurus tithys), and is now rare and protected
by law in England. The name is also applied to several
other species of Ruticilla and 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.
[1913 Webster +PJC] |
genus setophaga
(wn) | genus Setophaga
n 1: a genus of Parulidae [syn: Setophaga, genus Setophaga] |
setophaga
(wn) | Setophaga
n 1: a genus of Parulidae [syn: Setophaga, genus Setophaga] |
setophaga ruticilla
(wn) | Setophaga ruticilla
n 1: flycatching warbler of eastern North America the male
having bright orange on sides and wings and tail [syn:
American redstart, redstart, Setophaga ruticilla] |
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