Painted Whitestart (Myioborus pictus)

Other Names (World)
Painted Whitestart, Painted Redstart

Family
Parulidae (New World Warblers)

Size
15 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Swainson, 1829)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist montane forest. From 2,000 - 3,100 m, occasionally down to 1,100 m.

Range (Guide)

Canada, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, USA (B).

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 2,000,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (82)...)

Painted Whitestart (Myioborus pictus) [XC616724]
by Manuel Grosselet from Rucker Canyon, Chiricahua Mountains, United States (begging call, subsong)

Painted Whitestart (Myioborus pictus) [XC319585]
by Richard E. Webster from Aliso Spring, Pima County, Arizona, United States (song)

Subspecies
Differs significantly from congeners in many characters, including song, plumage, behaviour, and migratory tendencies, and has been suggested that it may be better placed in a monotypic genus, for which the name Erythrosoma is available. Such treatment not supported by recent phylogenetic study, which did, however, indicate that it is sister-taxon to the other species in present genus.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

pictus (Swainson, 1829) - South-western USA (Arizona and south-western New Mexico) south to south-central Mexico (Oaxaca and Veracruz); northern birds migrate into southern part of range.
guatemalae (Sharpe, 1885) - Southern Mexico (Chiapas) southern locally to northern Nicaragua.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Painted Whitestart (Myioborus pictus) - 10 files

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