Painted Redstart

Myioborus pictusOrder: PASSERIFORMES Family: Wood Warblers (Parulidae)

Codes: Common Name: PARE Scientific Name: MYIPIC ITIS Taxonomic No.: 178986

Breeding Location:

Mountains

Breeding Type:

Monogamous, Solitary nester

Breeding Population:

Fairly common to common

Egg Color:

Creamy white with brown specks at large end

Number of Eggs:

3 - 4

Incubation Days:

13 - 14

Egg Incubator:

Female

Nest Material:

Stalks and bark pieces.

Migration:

Migratory

General

Painted Redstart: Medium-sized warbler with black hood and upperparts, and bright red breast and belly. Wings are black with large, white patches. Tail is black with thick, white edges. Sexes are similar. Juvenile has black breast and belly.

Range and Habitat

Painted Redstart: Breeds in southern Arizona, New Mexico, and western Texas; spends winters south of the U.S.-Mexico border. Preferred habitats include pine or pine-oak woods, oak canyons, and pinyon- and juniper-covered high slopes.

Breeding and Nesting

Painted Redstart: Three or four creamy white eggs, with brown specks at large end, are laid in a grass nest with a fine grass or hair lining, and built in a ground hollow. Incubation ranges from 12 to 14 days and is carried out by the female.

Foraging and Feeding

Painted Redstart: Eats mostly insects. Gleans food from leaves, tree trunks, and branches; also hovers while picking insects from foliage, and hawks over water.

Readily Eats

Sugar Water, Fruit, Nut Pieces

Vocalization

Painted Redstart: Song is a rich, chanting "cheery cheery cheery chew." Call is a "cheereo", different from calls of other warblers.

Similar Species

Painted Redstart: Slate-throated Redstart has dark gray wings, upperparts, and face.

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Painted Redstart

Painted Redstart: Medium warbler with black head, upperparts, bright red breast and belly. Wings are black with large, white patches. White arc beneath eye. Tail is black with thick, white edges. It only eats insects, and forages for them on the ground and in trees. It also catches them in flight.

● Song: "cheery cheery cheery chew", "cheereo"

● Foraging & Feeding: Painted Redstart: Eats mostly insects. Gleans food from leaves, tree trunks, and branches; also hovers while picking insects from foliage, and hawks over water.

● Breeding & nesting: Painted Redstart: Three or four creamy white eggs, with brown specks at large end, are laid in a grass nest with a fine grass or hair lining, and built in a ground hollow. Incubation ranges from 12 to 14 days and is carried out by the female.

● Similar species: Painted Redstart: Slate-throated Redstart has dark gray wings, upperparts, and face.

Flight Pattern

Weak fluttering flights of short duration.

● Range & Habitat: Painted Redstart: Breeds in southern Arizona, New Mexico, and western Texas; spends winters south of the U.S.-Mexico border. Preferred habitats include pine or pine-oak woods, oak canyons, and pinyon- and juniper-covered high slopes.

^BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester

^PopulationFairly common to common

^MigrationMigratory

^Weight0.3 Ounces

Upperparts

Back, rump, hindneck, wings, and crown.

Belly

The ventral part of the bird, or the area between the flanks on each side and the crissum and breast. Flight muscles are located between the belly and the breast.

Breast

The upper front part of a bird.

4 and 6 letter alpha codes

The four letter common name alpha code is is derived from the first two letters of the common first name and the first two letters of common last name. The six letter species name alpha code is derived from the first three letters of the scientific name (genus) and the first three letters of the scientific name (species). See (1) below for the rules used to create the codes..

Four-letter (for English common names) and six-letter (for scientific names) species alpha codes were developed by Pyle and DeSante (2003, North American Bird-Bander 28:64-79) to reflect A.O.U. taxonomy and nomenclature (A.O.U. 1998) as modified by Supplements 42 (Auk 117:847-858, 2000) and 43 (Auk 119:897-906, 2002). The list has been updated by Pyle and DeSante to reflect changes reported by the A.O.U from 2003 through 2006.

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