Painted Whitestart (Myioborus pictus) [XC373902]
by Richard E. Webster from Turkey Creek, Chiricahua Mtns, Cochise Co., Arizona, United States (song)
Painted Whitestart (Myioborus pictus) [XC776028]
by Don Jones from Sawmill Flats Campground, Sierra Ancha, Gila 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.