Meanings
plural redstarts
- Any of various insectivorous ground-feeding birds, mainly of the genus Phoenicurus. Many of the species have a red tail.
- CanadaUSA species of warbler native to the Americas, Setophaga ruticilla, only distantly related to Phoenicurus.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounflycatching warbler of eastern North America the male having bright orange on sides and wings and tail
nounEuropean songbird with a reddish breast and tail; related to Old World robins
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle English*redstert
- Englishredstart
Inherited from Middle English *redstert; equivalent to red + start (“tail”). Compare Dutch roodstaart, Danish rødstjert.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans rooistert
- rooistertground-feeding bird
Ancient Greek φοινίκουρος
- φοινίκουρος (phoiníkouros)ground-feeding bird
Arabic حَمِيرَاء
- حَمِيرَاء (ḥamīrāʔ)ground-feeding bird
Basque buztangorri
- buztangorriground-feeding bird
Bulgarian градинска червеноопашка
- градинска червеноопашка (gradinska červenoopaška)ground-feeding bird
Catalan cotxa
- cotxaground-feeding bird
Czech rehek
- rehekground-feeding bird
Danish rødstjert
- rødstjertground-feeding bird
Dutch roodstaart
- roodstaartground-feeding bird
Esperanto ruĝvostulo
- ruĝvostuloground-feeding bird
Estonian lepalind
- lepalindground-feeding bird
Finnish leppälintu
- leppälintuground-feeding bird
French rougequeue
- rougequeueground-feeding bird
German Rotschwanz
- Rotschwanzground-feeding bird
Greek κοκκινούρης
- κοκκινούρης (kokkinoúris)ground-feeding bird
Hebrew חַכְלִילִית
- חַכְלִילִית (kakhlilit)ground-feeding bird
Hungarian rozsdafarkú
- rozsdafarkúground-feeding bird
Irish earrdheargán
- earrdheargánground-feeding bird
Italian codirosso
- codirossoground-feeding bird
Latin phoenicurus
- phoenicurusground-feeding bird
Latvian erickiņš
- erickiņšground-feeding bird
Lithuanian raudonuodegė
- raudonuodegėground-feeding bird
Norwegian Bokmål raudstjert
- raudstjertground-feeding bird
Polish pleszka
- pleszkaground-feeding bird
Portuguese rabirruivo
- rabirruivoground-feeding bird
Romanian codroș
- codroșground-feeding bird
Russian горихво́стка
- горихво́стка (gorixvóstka)ground-feeding bird
Scottish Gaelic eàrr-dearg
- eàrr-deargground-feeding bird
Slovak žltochvost
- žltochvostground-feeding bird
Spanish colirrojo, abanico
- colirrojoground-feeding bird
- abanicoground-feeding bird
Swedish rödstjärt
- rödstjärtground-feeding bird
Turkish kızılkuyruk
- kızılkuyrukground-feeding bird
Ukrainian горихвістка
- горихвістка (horyxvistka)ground-feeding bird
Vietnamese chim đỏ đuôi
- chim đỏ đuôiground-feeding bird
Welsh tingoch, coch y berllan
- tingochground-feeding bird
- coch y berllanground-feeding bird
Cite this entry
redstart. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/redstart
“redstart.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/redstart. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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