Editing American redstart (section)

==Taxonomy==
The American redstart was described by [[Carl Linnaeus]] in 1758 in the [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|10th edition]] of his ''[[Systema Naturae]]'' under the [[Binomial nomenclature|binomial name]] ''Motacilla ruticilla''.<ref>{{Cite book | last=Linnaeus| first=Carolus | author-link=Carl Linnaeus|title=Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata.|publisher=Holmiae. (Laurentii Salvii) | year=1758 | volume=v.1 |page=186 | language=la | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/727093 | quote=M. grisea, gula pectoreque fulvis.}}</ref>

The genus name ''Setophaga'' is from [[Ancient Greek]] σής :  ''sēs'' (genitive σητός : sētós) "moth", and ''{{lang|grc|φάγος|}}'' : phágos "eater".

The specific  ''ruticilla'' is  [[Neo-Latin]]  for "redstart" from [[Latin]]  ''rutilus'', "red", and the diminutive ''-cilla''.

In Ancient Greek the name was φοινίκουρος :  ''phoiníkouros'' (from φοῖνιξ :  ''phoĩnix-'' "red" and οὐρά : ''ourá'' "tail")<ref name =job>{{cite book | last= Jobling | first= James A. | year= 2010| title= The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names | url= https://archive.org/details/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling | publisher=Christopher Helm | location = London, United Kingdom | isbn = 978-1-4081-2501-4 | pages =[https://archive.org/details/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling/page/n344 344], 355 }}</ref> "Redstart" refers to the male's red tail, "start" being an old word for tail.<ref name=OED>{{Cite OED |Redstart }}</ref>