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Definition of American redstart
1. Noun. Flycatching warbler of eastern North America the male having bright orange on sides and wings and tail.
Lexicographical Neighbors of American Redstart
Literary usage of American redstart
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Birds of America by John James] [Audubon (1840)
"... elongated, lanceolate, smooth leaves; and umbellate, subsessile flowers, which
are of a deep purple colour, with yellow anthers. THE American redstart. ..."
2. Ornithological Biography by John James Audubon (1832)
"THE American redstart. MUSCICAPA RUTICILLA, Linn. PLATE XL. MALE AKD FEMALE.
THIS is one of the most lively, as well as one of the handsomest, ..."
3. Field Book of Wild Birds and Their Music: A Description of the Character and by Ferdinand Schuyler Mathews (1921)
"His upper parts, throat and breast are lustrous black; terminal parts of American
Redstart Setophaga ruticilla L. 5.40 inches May loth ..."
4. Birdcraft: A Field Book of Two Hundred Song, Game, and Water Birds by Mabel Osgood Wright (1897)
"... ten of the whole Warbler tribe whose notes will serve as a guide to any one
but an ornithologist well up in field practice. American redstart: Setophaga ..."
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