American Redstart

Schnäpperwaldsänger ( Setophaga ruticilla )

The (Setophaga ruticilla ) is an American Singvogelart.

Features

The Schnäpperwaldsänger is 12 cm long and 8.5 g. The male is a black bird with bright orange batches of wings, tail and flanks and white belly and undertail coverts. The female has a gray-green back, gray head and white belly and yellow parts of wings, tail and flank.

Occurrence

The Schnäpperwaldsänger breeds in Canada and the eastern United States and wintered in the West Indies, Central America and northern South America. He lives in light deciduous forests. Very rarely appeared on the bird in Western Europe.

Behavior

The Schnäpperwaldsänger is a striking bird beating violently with wings and tail to flush out insects from leaves. His prey he catches mainly in flight, but they also picked from leaves or the bark of a tree. Occasionally the food is supplemented by berries.

Reproduction

The female builds a cup-shaped nest of plant material, animal hair and spider webs in a tree or bush and incubates two to five eggs. The male is polygamous and mates with a second female when the first begins to brood. However, the male helps in feeding, once the eggs have hatched. Unlike most polygamous birds marked and defended the male two spatially separated areas.