Slate-throated Redstart

It is found disjunctly in humid highland forests in Mexico, Central America, the Andes from western Venezuela to north-western Argentina, the Venezuelan Coastal Range, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and the Tepuis.

The Slate-throated Redstart is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

Slate-throated Redstart, 2 August 1997, Davis Mountains, elevation: 7800 feet, Jeff Davis County, TX Home | Sightings | Past Archives | Sounds | Maps | Special Concern | Checklist More

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. More

● 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. More

* 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 SplitbarRange Map for Slate-throated Redstart . More

There are 8 previously accepted records of Slate-throated Redstart for the ABA area courtesy Mark Stevenson. Stevens Tank, Lea Co., NM 16 April 1962 Miller Canyon, Huachuca Mts, Cochise Co, AZ 10-16 April 1976 Cave Creek Canyon, Chiricahua Mts, Cochise Co, AZ 2 May 1978 Cave Creek Canyon, Chiricahua Mts, Cochise Co., AZ 29 March 1993 Boot Canyon, Chisos Mts, Brewster Co. More

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