American Redstart
Setophaga ruticilla(Linnaeus, C, 1758)
English (US) American Redstart
The American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Parulidae (New World Warblers) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: breeds Alaska to southern USA; winters southern USA to northern South America and West IndiesRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Setophaga ruticilla
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- American Redstart
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Motacilla ruticilla
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
- Type locality
- America ; restricted to Virginia by Amer. Ornith. Union, 1910, Check-list North Amer. Birds, ed. 3, p. 326
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1 p.186
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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