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Male American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) - Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary - Lincoln Park, Chicago Park District, Chicago, IL - 19 May 2016
* Candelita, American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) (Mc)
* La candelita norteña o pavito migratorio (Setophaga ruticilla) es una especie de avepaseriforme de la familia de los parúlidos que vive en América. Tradicionalmente era la única especie del género Setophaga.
* Los adultos miden una media de 12 cm de largo. Los machos son de color negro en la cabeza, las partes dorsales, la garganta y el pecho; el vientre y las plumas cobertoras de la cola son blancos. En los flancos del pecho hay manchas naranjas brillantes, también en las rémiges del ala y en la cola.
En las hembras, la cabeza y las partes dorales son grisáceas o grisáceo oliváceas, y las partes ventrales blancas. En los costados y la cola hay manchas amarillo limón brillante.
Los juveniles se parecen a las hembras pero los machos presentan tintes naranjas en los costados, además de presentar algunas manchas negras en el cuerpo.
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The American redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) is a New World warbler. It is unrelated to the Old World redstarts. It derives its name from the male's red tail, start being an old word for tail.
The breeding males are unmistakable, jet black above apart from large orange-red patches on their wings and tails. Their breast sides are also orange, with the rest of their underparts colored white. In their other plumages, American redstarts display green in their upperparts, along with black central tails and grey heads. The orange patches of the breeding males are replaced by yellow in the plumages of the females and young birds.
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Lugar de Observacion / Taken: Reserva Ecologica Agüita Dulce (READ), Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana.
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* Scientific classification
* Kingdom:•Animalia
* Phylum:•Chordata
* Class:•Aves
* Order:•Passeriformes
* Family:•Parulidae
* Genus:•Setophaga
* Species:•S. ruticilla
* Binomial name
* Setophaga ruticilla
An American Redstart as I usually catch it on camera - flying away! Ewing Park, Bloomington, Illinois.
Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge
08/10/2011
I got an early start on migrants this year. Of course I had to drive 800+ miles north...
I hear the Redstarts are showing up in Florida now, so hopefully I'll get some migrants this weekend. Until then, enjoy this little girl.
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Mature males are black and orange, females and immatures are gray and yellow; I believe the black flecks in the head indicate that this is a first fall male.
Por fin ayer este cabroncete se dejó fotografiar. La luz estaba bastante sucia pero algo se logró.
Entre tantos nombres que le han puesto no se porque no le llaman culo inquieto, porque ni en ráfaga hay modo de hacerle dos fotos en la misma pose.
An adult male American redstart peers out from the branch of a mangrove. It is a New World warbler that migrates southwards annually usually around August - November. It feeds similarly to flycatchers, hovering in the air looking for insects, and is unmistakable with it's bright orange wing bars.
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Male American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) - Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary - Lincoln Park, Chicago Park District, Chicago, IL - 13 May 2016
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Parulidae
Genus:Setophaga
Species:S. ruticilla
Binomial name
Setophaga ruticilla
Average mass
8.3 g
0.29 oz
Average length
13.3 cm
5.24 in
Average wingspan
19.7 cm
7.76 in
FamilyWood Warblers
HabitatSecond-growth woods, river groves. Breeds in open deciduous and mixed woodland, preferring edges of forests or second growth. Attracted also to roadside trees, shrubby and tree-lined stream banks, and ponds. Will nest in second-growth maples, birch, and aspen following fire in coniferous forests. In the Northwest, prefers willow and alder thickets. In winter in the tropics, found in lowland woods.
Warblers in general are often called "the butterflies of the bird world," but the Redstart may live up to that nickname more than any other species. This beautiful warbler flits about very actively in the trees, usually holding its wings and tail partly spread, as if to show off their patches of color. At times it feeds more like a flycatcher than a typical warbler, hovering among the foliage and often flying out to grab insects in mid-air.
Feeding Behavior
Forages very actively, often flying out to catch insects in mid-air or hovering to take them from foliage. Flycatches much more than most warblers, drooping its wings, fanning its tail, and leaping high in the air. Males feed higher and make more mid-air sallies than do females early in the nesting season. Does not cling to tips of branches while hanging upside down as do many warblers. Holds large caterpillars and moths in the bill and bangs them on perch before eating.
Eggs
4, sometimes 2-5. Off-white, with brown or gray marks. Incubation by female only, 11-12 days. Often parasitized by cowbirds. Young: Fed by both parents. Leave the nest at 9 days old. The parents divide the brood into 2 parts, each parent attending only half the fledglings. Normally 1 brood per season.
Young
Fed by both parents. Leave the nest at 9 days old. The parents divide the brood into 2 parts, each parent attending only half the fledglings. Normally 1 brood per season.
Diet
Mostly insects. Feeds on a wide variety of insects including beetles, caterpillars, moths, leafhoppers, aphids, midges, crane flies; also spiders anddaddy longlegs. Also eats some seeds and berries.
Nesting
Males sometimes mate with more than one female and raise 2-3 broods simultaneously. Males perform a frequent boundary display flight toward rivals, with stiffened wingbeats and a glide back to the original perch in a semicircle. Male displays to female during courtship by fluffing plumage, raising crown feathers, spreading wings and tail, and bowing. Nest site picked by female, usually in fork of tree, 4-70' above the ground; rarely on the ground. Open cup nest (built by female) of plant fibers, grass, rootlets, decorated with lichen, birch bark, and feathers; lined with feathers. Sometimes will use old nests of other birds.
Songs and Calls
5 or 6 high-pitched notes or 2-note phrases, ending with an upward or downward inflection: chewy-chewy-chewy, chew-chew-chew.
Migration
Migrates mostly at night. Fall migration begins early, with many southbound in August. Small numbers of strays appear throughout the west, and a few may winter in southern California.
Photographed 24 September 2022, Morning Flight,
Gooseberry Neck, Westport, Bristol County, Massachusetts
Trying to photograph this American Redstart was so challenging it started to become funny after a while. He almost never stopped moving through the spruce trees--higher, lower, diving into the shade, flashing briefly through the light, disappearing behind the trunks and branches. There was probably a circle of footprints worn into the trail from me spinning around to follow this bird. And then, just as the redstart finally left, I spotted a larger shape on branch -- it was a Red Squirrel looking at me and staying completely still, as if to say, "I'm not here."
American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) sings his heart out. I saw him next to a female soon after, so I guess his hard work must have paid off. I wish the happy couple a good breeding season.
Side note: thanks to all who still follow me. I wanted to make a separate account for posting my low quality eBird documentation photos but I found it too much of a hassle switching accounts all the time.
A female American Redstart pauses for a moment at Sabine Woods. They're usually in constant motion and most of my photos of them are blurs of the bird taking off. Happy to get one at rest for a second.
This American Redstart was constantly moving except for the millisecond I was able to capture this shot. Ewing Park, Bloomington, Illinois.
Photo By Dan Pancamo @pancamo
The American Redstart is 12 cm long and weighs 8.5 g. The breeding males are unmistakable, jet black above apart from large orange-red patches on their wings and tails
I finally got a shot of this warbler that I am happy with. This is a common bird seen along the boardwalk at Magee Marsh Wildlife Area but for some reason I have always had a difficult time getting a good shot of one. I saw this guy yesterday at Magee.
A male American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) perched high on the oak tree branches. Photographed on April 26, 2021 at Florida Atlantic University's Boca Raton campus.
* La candelita norteña o pavito migratorio (Setophaga ruticilla) es una especie de avepaseriforme de la familia de los parúlidos que vive en América. Tradicionalmente era la única especie del género Setophaga.
* Los adultos miden una media de 12 cm de largo. Los machos son de color negro en la cabeza, las partes dorsales, la garganta y el pecho; el vientre y las plumas cobertoras de la cola son blancos. En los flancos del pecho hay manchas naranjas brillantes, también en las rémiges del ala y en la cola.
En las hembras, la cabeza y las partes dorales son grisáceas o grisáceo oliváceas, y las partes ventrales blancas. En los costados y la cola hay manchas amarillo limón brillante.
Los juveniles se parecen a las hembras pero los machos presentan tintes naranjas en los costados, además de presentar algunas manchas negras en el cuerpo.
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The American redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) is a New World warbler. It is unrelated to the Old World redstarts. It derives its name from the male's red tail, start being an old word for tail.
The breeding males are unmistakable, jet black above apart from large orange-red patches on their wings and tails. Their breast sides are also orange, with the rest of their underparts colored white. In their other plumages, American redstarts display green in their upperparts, along with black central tails and grey heads. The orange patches of the breeding males are replaced by yellow in the plumages of the females and young birds.
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* Scientific classification
* Kingdom:•Animalia
* Phylum:•Chordata
* Class:•Aves
* Order:•Passeriformes
* Family:•Parulidae
* Genus:•Setophaga
* Species:•S. ruticilla
* Binomial name
* Setophaga ruticilla