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{{Hatnote, For the ship, see USS Redstart (AM-378) Redstart is a name used for a number of
songbird A songbird is a bird belonging to the suborder Passeri of the perching birds (Passeriformes). Another name that is sometimes seen as the scientific or vernacular name is Oscines, from Latin ''oscen'', "songbird". The Passeriformes contains 5,00 ...
s that are not closely related to each other: Old world flycatcher family (Muscicapidae) * '' Phoenicurus'', 14 species found in Africa, Asia and Europe ** Common redstart, a European species often known simply as "redstart" * White-bellied redstart, an Asian species not closely related to the ''Phoenicurus'' redstarts New world warbler family (Parulidae) * '' Myioborus'', 12 species found in North and South America, also known as "whitestarts" * American redstart, a species found in North and South America, not closely related to the genus ''Myioborus'' Bird common names