Common redstart
Before humans understood bird migration they came up with many different ideas to explain why species of bird regularly and predictably appeared and disappeared. Aristotle wrote that summer redstarts turn into robins for the winter.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 403/1977
- Collection Class
- Birds
- Collector Excavator
- Metcalf, J C, taxidermist
- Common Name
- common redstart
- Simple Name
- bird
