American Redstart
Steophaga ruticilla
Wood-Warblers: Genera Mniotilta and Setophaga
Two of our most distinctive warblers with distinctive
foraging actions, these species are related to Dendroica warblers. Both are
found in a variety of broadleaf or mixed forest habitats.
Long tail; short, broad bill; rounded wings.
Acquires adult plumage at one year of age, after first
breeding season.
Fans tail and flits through vegetation.
Voice: Song is of high and rather sharp notes: one
distinctive pattern with emphatic buzzy, down-slurred ending tsee tsee tsee tsee tzirr; also a
softer, lower tseeta tseeta tseeta tseet and
many variations. Call is a clear, high, squeaky chip. Flight call is a high,
squeaky, rising tsweet.
American Redstart, unlike most other wood-warblers, usually
alternates between two different songs during bouts of singing. Other species
generally sing the same song repeatedly.
Works Cited
Sibley, D. A. The Sibley Guide to Birds. New
York City: Chanticleer Press, Inc. (2000): 446.
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