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USS Redstart (AM-378)
USS ''Redstart'' (AM-378/MSF-378) was an commissioned by the United States Navy for service in World War II. Her task, as a fleet minesweeper, was to clear mines as the fleet proceeded into battle areas.
''Redstart'' was built in Savannah, Geor ...
Redstart is a name used for a number of
songbird
A songbird is a bird belonging to the suborder Passeri of the perching birds (Passeriformes). Another name that is sometimes seen as the scientific or vernacular name is Oscines, from Latin ''oscen'', "songbird". The Passeriformes contains 500 ...
s that are not closely related to each other:
Old world flycatcher family (Muscicapidae)
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Phoenicurus
''Phoenicurus'' is a genus of passerine birds in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae, native to Europe, Asia and Africa. They are named redstarts from their orange-red tails ('start' is an old name for a tail). They are small insectivore ...
'', 14 species found in Africa, Asia and Europe
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Common redstart
The common redstart (''Phoenicurus phoenicurus''), or often simply redstart, is a small passerine bird in the genus ''Phoenicurus''. Like its relatives, it was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family, (Turdidae), but is now known to be ...
, a European species often known simply as "redstart"
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White-bellied redstart
The white-bellied redstart (''Luscinia phaenicuroides'') is a species of bird of the family Muscicapidae. It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, and Vietnam, where its natural habitat is temperate forests.
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, an Asian species not closely related to the ''Phoenicurus'' redstarts
New world warbler family (Parulidae)
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Myioborus'', 12 species found in North and South America, also known as "whitestarts"
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American redstart
The American redstart (''Setophaga ruticilla'') is a New World warbler. It is unrelated to the Old World (common) redstart.
Taxonomy
The American redstart was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in the 10th edition of his ''Systema Naturae'' un ...
, a species found in North and South America, not closely related to the genus ''Myioborus''
Bird common names