Slate-throated Whitestart (Myioborus miniatus) | Photos, Calls and ID

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Slate-throated Whitestart (Myioborus miniatus), photo 2 — Photo: no rights reserved · CC0

Slate-throated Whitestart (Myioborus miniatus), photo 3 — Photo: (c) Rudyard, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Slate-throated Whitestart (Myioborus miniatus), photo 5 — Photo: (c) Grete Pasch, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Slate-throated Whitestart (Myioborus miniatus), photo 8 — Photo: (c) Esteban Poveda, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Slate-throated Whitestart (Myioborus miniatus), photo 9 — Photo: (c) Cricket Raspet, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Slate-throated Whitestart (Myioborus miniatus), photo 10 — Photo: (c) Kai Squires, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

What the Slate-throated Whitestart sounds like

Sonogram of the Slate-throated Whitestart: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.

Recorded by Eugene Scherba · Song · Pine Lake Park (near San Francisco), San Francisco County, California, United States · CC BY 4.0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Azuay: upper Yunguilla Valley, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Zamora-Chinchipe: above 'Cabañas Yankuam' 2 km S Las Orchideas, Nangaritza Valley, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The slate-throated whitestart is a long-tailed warbler measuring 12 cm (4.7 in) long. It has a deep rufous head, dark back, and contrasting bright yellow breast, belly and white vent and tail tips. The bill is black, and the legs are blackish-gray. While most of its plumage changes little throughout its large range, the underparts grade from yellow in most of its range, to red in the northernmost part.

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When to see the Slate-throated Whitestart

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Slate-throated Whitestart

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 13 countries with regular records, and 2 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Colombia Costa Rica Ecuador Mexico Guatemala Peru Venezuela Panama Honduras El Salvador Bolivia Nicaragua Guyana

Recorded as a rare visitor in United States, Brazil.

About the Slate-throated Whitestart

The slate-throated whitestart, also known as the slate-throated redstart, is a small insectivorous bird in the New World warbler family Parulidae that is native to Central and South America.

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Easily confused with

Painted WhitestartMyioborus pictusThe painted redstart is the largest species of Myioborus, measuring 5.1–5.9 in (13–15 cm) in length, 8.3 inches (21 cm) in wingspan and having a weight of 0.3–0.4 oz (8.5–11.3 g).

Golden-fronted WhitestartMyioborus ornatusThe golden-fronted whitestart or the golden-fronted 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.

Side by side: Slate-throated Whitestart vs Worm-eating Warbler · Painted Whitestart vs Slate-throated Whitestart · Slate-throated Whitestart vs Spectacled Whitestart

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