redstart

Senso (Inglese)

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.

Concetti

codirosso

sinonimi

redtail

American redstart

common redstart

Setophaga ruticilla

Traduzioni

Phoenicurus phoenicurus

rouge-queue

colirrojo

Phoenicurus

Rotschwanz

bayağı kızılkuyruk

Gartenrotschwanz

rougequeue à front blanc

gekraagde roodstaart

abanico

colirrojo real

kızılkuyruk

cotxa

cua-roja

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: *redstert

Affine olandese: roodstaart

Affine danese: rødstjert

In summary

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