redstart

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

redtail

American redstart

common redstart

Setophaga ruticilla

Translations

codirosso

Phoenicurus phoenicurus

rouge-queue

Phoenicurus

colirrojo

Rotschwanz

bayağı kızılkuyruk

Gartenrotschwanz

rougequeue à front blanc

gekraagde roodstaart

abanico

colirrojo real

kızılkuyruk

cotxa

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: *redstert

Cognate with Dutch: roodstaart

Cognate with Danish: rødstjert

In summary

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