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Slate-throated Redstart

Myioborus miniatusOrder: PASSERIFORMES Family: Wood Warblers (Parulidae)
Codes: Common Name: STRE Scientific Name: MYIMIN ITIS Taxonomic No.: 178985

Breeding Location:

Forest, Canyons



Breeding Type:

Monogamous, Solitary nester



Breeding Population:

Accidental in North America



Egg Color:

White with gray and red brown flecks



Number of Eggs:

3 - 4



Incubation Days:

13 - 14



Egg Incubator:

Female



Nest Material:

Conifer needles and grasses.



Migration:

Nonmigratory



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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.

Breeding and 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.

Foraging and 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.

Vocalization

Slate-throated Redstart: Repeats a series of high, thin notes in two parts, changing in pitch halfway through "chee-chee-chee", "churry-churry-churry", with second part accelerating and ending sharply or with an up-slurred note. Call is a "chip."

Similar Species

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

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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
UpperpartsX
Back, rump, hindneck, wings, and crown.
BellyX
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BreastX
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CrownX
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FaceX
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4 and 6 letter alpha codesX

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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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ITIS CodesX

The Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) was established in the mid-1990�s as a cooperative project among several federal agencies to improve and expand upon taxonomic data (known as the NODC Taxonomic Code) maintained by the National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

To find the ITIS page for a bird species go to the ITIS web site advanced search and report page at http://www.itis.gov/advanced_search.html. You can enter the TSN or the common name of the bird. It will return the ITIS page for that bird. Another way to obtain the ITIS page is to use the Google search engine. Enter the string ITIS followed by the taxonomic ID, for example "ITIS 178041" will return the page for the Allen's Hummingbird.

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