American redstart
setophaga ruticilla latin

The rarely seen ovenbird and American redstart make their home in the deciduous forest.

The only member of the genus Setophaga was the American Redstart.

"At times the woods are alive with rose-breasted grosbeaks, orioles and such warblers as the American redstart," she said.

The scientists routinely counted all birds in their survey area, but focused on two species: the American redstart and the black-throated blue warbler.

American Redstart.

Hooded Warbler and American Redstart are common nesters in the forest under story.

The American Redstart is smallish warbler.

These trees attract a different set of birds including the American redstart, Louisiana waterthrush and red-eyed vireo.

The American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) is a New World warbler.

American redstart (Setophaga ruticilla)

But they do share the wood thrush, the hooded warbler, the American redstart, the Northern waterthrush and the crested flycatcher.

It was also briefly assigned to Setophaga, the genus of the American Redstart, before being moved to the genus Ergaticus in 1881.

Once-common native species such as the willow flycatcher, gray catbird, warbling vireo, American redstart, black tern, and yellow-billed cuckoo are no longer found along the river.

About 20 species of warblers breed on "the Bruce" including the Black-throated Green, Yellow, Yellow-rumped, and Blackburnian Warblers and the ubiquitous American Redstart.

Eagles and hawks are abundant in April and May, while smaller birds such as Yellow Warblers, American Redstart, and Indigo Bunting are more common in early summer.

A recent census of the area by the Wetlands Institute identified 19 species of birds on the little island, including American redstart, black and white warbler, black-throated blue warbler, downy woodpecker and sharp-shinned hawk.

In one bayberry clump a telltale rustling and shifting suggested warblers; sure enough we caught sight of the prairie warbler and the American redstart executing their acrobatic round dance from branch to branch in search of insects.

In 2003, The Wetlands Institute identified the American redstart, black and white warbler, black-throated blue warbler, downy woodpecker and sharp-shinned hawk, but none of the egrets and herons that were traditionally identified with the area.

Recent genetic research has however suggested that the type species of Wilsonia (Hooded Warbler W. citrina) and of Setophaga (American Redstart S. ruticilla) are closely related and should be merged into the same genus.

Over 35 species of spring New World warbler have been seen and include the Golden-winged Warbler, Magnolia Warbler, Northern and Tropical Parula, American Redstart, Palm Warbler and Yellow-breasted Chat.

Among his sightings were Corey's shearwaters, rednecked phalaropes, a kittiwake, a pomarine jaeger (one of the skuas), and, even though we were more than 25 miles at sea at the time, an American redstart, cedar waxwings and Cape May warblers.

Some of these birds include Northern Waterthrush, American Redstart, other warblers, Vireos, Great Horned Owls, Long-eared Owl, Hermit Thrush, Townsend's Solitaire, Loggerhead Shrike (winter) Varied Thrush and Northern Shrike.

The center's Bircraft Museum, at 314 Unquowa Road, just opened a new exhibit called "Traveler from the Tropics: a Story of Migration," featuring the migratory life of the American Redstart, a rare wood warbler that summers in Connecticut and winters in tropical climates.

In the American Redstart, nests parasitized by cowbirds were found to have a higher rate of predation, likely due in part to the loud begging calls by the cowbird nestling, but also partly explained by the fact that nests likely to be parasitized are also more likely to be predated.

The American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) is a New World warbler.

American redstart (Setophaga ruticilla)