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{{Short description|Number of unrelated songbirds}}
{{Hatnote|For the ship, see [[USS Redstart (AM-378)]]}}

[[File:Gekraagderoodstaart2.jpg|thumb|Male Common Redstart]]
'''Redstart''' is a name used for a number of [[songbird]]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''

[[Category:Bird common names]]