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The collared whitestart is around 13 centimetres (5 in) in length with a weight of 10.5 grams (0.4 oz). It has a chestnut crown bordered with black, and a black forehead. The rest of the upper parts are slaty black, and the tail is black with white edges, hence the bird's name: "start" is an old English word for "tail". The face and underparts are bright yellow, with a black band across the breast. The sexes are similar, but young birds are duller, with a browner back, weakly yellow underparts, and the head entirely slate-coloured, with no yellow on the face or red on the crown.
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When to see the Collared Whitestart
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Collared Whitestart
The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Collared Whitestart
The collared whitestart, also known as the collared redstart, is a tropical New World warbler endemic to the mountains of Costa Rica and western-central Panama.
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Easily confused with
Brown-capped WhitestartMyioborus brunnicepsThe brown-capped whitestart or brown-capped redstart is a species of bird in the family Parulidae.
Spectacled WhitestartMyioborus melanocephalusThe spectacled whitestart generally weighs between 10 and 13 grams, and is between 13 and 13.5 centimetres (5.1 and 5.3 in) long.
Golden-fronted WhitestartMyioborus ornatusThe golden-fronted whitestart or the golden-fronted redstart, is a species of bird in the family Parulidae.
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