Save the AMERICAN REDSTART from HABITATLOSS, Act Now!

American redstarts inhabit moist deciduous forests with abundant shrubs. They are Neotropical migrant birds, spending the summer in the central and eastern United states and Canada, and wintering in Central America and the northern part of South America. In addition to natural forests, American redstarts inhabit shade-grown coffee plantations during the winter.

While the American redstart is widespread and abundant, declines in the population have been noted in many areas. The main threats they face are from habitat loss of both their breeding and wintering grounds. Forest fragmentation creates more edges, which leaves American redstarts vulnerable to predation by cowbirds that lay their eggs inside the nests of other bird species.  Other predators of this species include accipitrine hawks and condors.