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"American Redstarts feed mostly on insects, including leafhoppers, planthoppers, flies, moths and their larvae, wasps, and beetles. In late summer they also eat some small berries and fruits, such as barberry, serviceberry, and magnolia. They forage between the ground and near the top of the canopy, taking most of their prey from twigs, branches, and leaves. They fan their tails and droop their wings, showcasing the orange-and-black or yellow-and-gray “flash patterns” of their plumage, presumably to startle prey and flush it from vegetation. American Redstarts take more flying prey than most other warbler species, and they compete with other flycatching species (such as Least Flycatcher) for the same prey. Individuals usually forage alone but may stay near their mates, and they sometimes join mixed-species flock in the nonbreeding season." Cornell
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.
from a few weeks ago.
last old shot - next shots will be new from Arizona, but first we have to go and take them, which we will shortly do : )
Here is one of the warblers that cooperated by coming down to eye level. This American Redstart was very active and came in and out of the shadows so much it was hard to get a good shot. I have many shots where the meter was fooled and the image is dark. And plenty that are just plain blurry. Fortunately, there were a few keepers. This is one of them.
I still have lots of pictures from my trip to Miami Beach to upload to Flickr, so for the next few days, that's what's coming. I found all the birds in today's upload in my mom's neighborhood. This cutie was in a tree in the alley behind my mom's house.
Not much time to bird lately. But I had the good fortune of encountering this handsome bird close to home, last Sunday afternoon. Always a joy to see one!
American Redstart warbler, male, in the North Woods, Central Park, NYC.
American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla)
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* 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
A male American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) hunts for insects among the branches of a Gumbo Limbo (Bursera simaruba) tree. Redstarts flash the bright patches on their tails and wings to startle insects before catching them. Photographed on May 7, 2020 in Coconut Creek, Florida.
A female American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) preens her feathers on a branch of a Pond Apple (Annona glabra) tree after a bath. Photographed on November 23, 2020 in Coconut Creek, Florida.
female american redstart at cape cod banding station at cape cod natural history museum in brewster, ma
Before the rain squall she would not stay still long enough to even look at her, and she had 30 people scrambling for a long time to get a look and/or a shot. But after the rain she fluffed her feathers out and took a few breathers. Even flashed her tail a few times.