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American Redstart -
(Setophaga ruticilla) 

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Identification

  • Small songbird
  • Male mostly black with bright orange patches on wings and tail
  • Lower white underside
  • Female mostly olive brown with grey head and large yellow patches on wings and tail
  • 4.5-5.5" (11-14 cm.)

Habitat

  • Deciduous forests

Additional Information

  • Abundant migrant, fairly common resident
  • Redstarts flash tails and wings to startle prey
  • Males may have two mates with two
         distinct territories
  • Abundant KVR breeding bird in
         appropriate habitat
  • Winters in Central America and northern
         parts of South America

Comparable Species

  • Blackburnian Warbler (males)

American Redstart male singining from a branch

American Restart Female sitting on a branch

 

The Kickapoo Reserve Management Board acknowledges that the state and federal lands that comprise the Reserve fall within the ancestral homelands of First Nations people including the Hooçak Nation. We recognize the sovereignty of the Hooçak and other First Nations and will work towards a shared future by continuing to create collaborative opportunities to protect and preserve these lands.

Kickapoo Valley Reserve | S3661 State Highway 131 | La Farge, Wisconsin 54639 
Phone: 608-625-2960 | FAX: 608-625-2962
kickapoo.reserve@krm.state.wi.us

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