\Red"start`\ (-st?rt`), n. [Red + start tail.]
(Zo["o]l.)
(a) A small, handsome European singing bird ({Ruticilla
    ph[oe]nicurus}), allied to the nightingale; -- called
    also {redtail}, {brantail}, {fireflirt}, {firetail}. The
    black redstart is {P.tithys}. The name is also applied to
    several other species of {Ruticilla} amnd allied genera,
    native of India.
(b) An American fly-catching warbler ({Setophaga ruticilla}).
    The male is black, with large patches of orange-red on
    the sides, wings, and tail. The female is olive, with
    yellow patches.