?American Redstart Conservation status: Least concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Parulidae Genus: Setophaga Swainson, 1827 Species: S. ruticilla
Binomial name
Setophaga ruticilla (Linnaeus, 1758)

The American Redstart, Setophaga ruticilla, is a New World warbler. It breeds in North America across southern Canada and the eastern USA. The conservation status of a species is an indicator of the likelihood of that species continuing to survive. ... American Redstart from US FWS Title: American Redstart Creator: Maslowski, Steve Source: WO-4545-16 Publisher: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Rights: public domain File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Phyla Subregnum Parazoa Porifera (sponges) Subregnum Agnotozoa Placozoa (trichoplax) Orthonectida (orthonectids) Rhombozoa (dicyemids) Subregnum Eumetazoa Radiata (unranked) (radial symmetry) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria (coral, jellyfish, anemones) Bilateria (unranked) (bilateral symmetry) Acoelomorpha (basal) Myxozoa (slime animals) Superphylum Deuterostomia (blastopore becomes anus) Chordata (vertebrates, etc. ... {{{subdivision_ranks}}} See below Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates. ... Orders Many - see section below. ... Families Many, see text A passerine is a bird of the giant order Passeriformes. ... This article refers to the New World wood warbler family of birds, the Parulidae. ... William Swainson William Swainson (October 8, 1789 - December 6, 1855), was an English ornithologist and artist. ... In biology, binomial nomenclature is the formal method of naming species. ... Carolus Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as , (May 23, 1707 – January 10, 1778), was a Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist[1] who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of nomenclature. ... This article refers to the New World wood warbler family of birds, the Parulidae. ... World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America. ...

It is migratory, wintering in Central America, the West Indies and northern South America. This is a very rare vagrant to western Europe. // Long-distance land bird migration Many species of land migratory birds migrate very long distances, the most common pattern being for birds to breed in the temperate or arctic northern hemisphere and winter in warmer regions, often in the tropics or the temperate zones of the southern hemisphere. ... Map of Central America Central America is the central geographic region of the Americas. ... The Caribbean or the West Indies is a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea. ... South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ... World map showing Europe Political map (neighbouring countries in Asia and Africa also shown) Europe is one of the seven traditional continents of the Earth. ...

This species is unrelated to the Old World redstarts, but gets its name from the male's red tail, start being an old word for tail. Species see text Redstarts are a group of small Old World birds. ...

The American Redstart is 12 cm long and weighs 8.5 g. The breeding male is unmistakable, jet black above apart from large orange-red patches on the wings and tail. The breast sides are also orange, with the rest of the underparts being white.

Other plumages show greenish upperparts except for the black central tail and grey head. The orange patches of the breeding male are replaced by yellow in the female and young birds.

The breeding habitat is open woodlands or scrub, often near water. American Redstarts nest low in a bush, laying 2-5 eggs in a neat cup nest.

These birds feed on insects, usually caught by flycatching, sometimes by hovering to pick prey from leaves. This is a very active species. The tail is often held partly fanned out. Classes & Orders See taxonomy Insects are invertebrate animals of the Class Insecta, the largest and (on land) most widely-distributed taxon within the phylum Arthropoda. ...

The song is a series of musical see notes. The call is a soft chip.

References

• BirdLife International (2004). Setophaga ruticilla. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 12 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
• Curson, Quinn and Beadle,New World Warblers ISBN 0-7136-3932-6
• Stiles and Skutch, A guide to the birds of Costa Rica’’ ISBN 0-0814-9600-4