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Slate-throated Redstart

Myioborus miniatusOrder: PASSERIFORMESFamily: Wood Warblers (Parulidae)

Slate-throated Redstart Breeding Male Portrait
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General

Slate-throated Redstart: Medium-sized warbler with slate-gray upperparts, black face and throat, red breast and belly, and chestnut-brown crown. Tail is slate-gray with white edges. Wings are black.

Range and Habitat

Slate-throated Redstart: Very rare visitor to western Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico; native to northern Mexico south to Central and South America. Preferred habitats include wooded pine-oak canyons.

Listen to Call

Voice Text

"chee-chee-chee", "churry-churry-churry", "chip"

Interesting Facts

 The Slate-throated Redstart was first described in 1827 William John Swainson, an English ornithologist and artist.

 It is also known as the Yellow-bellied Redstart.

 A group of warblers has many collective nouns, including a "bouquet", "confusion", "fall", and "wrench" of warblers.



Author

Gary Owen Dick

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Family Wood Warbler (Parulidae)_blue
Species Myioborus miniatus
Length6 Inches
Wingspan8.75 Inches

Slate-throated Redstart

Slate-throated Redstart: Medium warbler with slate-gray upperparts, black face, throat, red breast, belly, and chestnut-brown crown. The tail is slate-gray with white edges and the wings are black. Insects make up most of its diet caught on the wing and it also forages on the ground.

● Song: "chee-chee-chee", "churry-churry-churry", "chip"

● Foraging & Feeding: Slate-throated Redstart: Eats mainly insects; forages on the ground, in low vegetation, and at low to middle level in trees. Gleans, hover-gleans, and catches food in flight.

● Breeding & nesting: Slate-throated Redstart: Three to four white eggs with flecks of gray and red brown are laid in a nest made of conifer needles and grass, and lined with hair and feathers. Incubation ranges from 13 to 14 days and is carried out by the female.

● Similar species: Slate-throated Redstart: Painted Redstart has white wing patches and darker upperparts.

Flight Pattern

Weak fluttering flight for short distances on rapidly beating wings
Slate-throated Redstart Breeding Male Body Illustration
● Range & Habitat: Slate-throated Redstart: Very rare visitor to western Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico; native to northern Mexico south to Central and South America. Preferred habitats include wooded pine-oak canyons.
BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester
PopulationAccidental in North America
MigrationNonmigratory
Weight0.3 Ounces