Myioborus miniatus
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The slate-throated whitestart (Myioborus miniatus), also known as the slate-throated redstart, is a small insectivorous bird in the New World warbler family Parulidae that is native to Central and South America. The slate-throated whitestart was formally described in 1827 by the English zoologist William Swainson based on a specimen collected in Valladolid (Morelia) in the Mexican state of Michoacán. Swainson coined the binomial name Setophaga miniata where the specific epithet is from Latin miniatus meaning "painted vermilion". The slate-throated whitestart is now one of twelve species placed in the genus Myioborus that was introduced in 1865 by the American naturalist Spencer Baird.
Twelve subspecies are recognised: Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guatemala City | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 2 | Toluca | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 3 | Mexico City | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 4 | Puebla | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 5 | Cali | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 6 | San Francisco | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Quito | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 8 | Medellín | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 9 | Tegucigalpa | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 10 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Slate-throated Redstart sighting in San José on a given day, based on 70 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 228th most-seen of the 379 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Slate-throated Redstart in San José on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Slate-throated Redstart sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
10th of 11
Of the 11 cities where we can rate Slate-throated Redstart sightings, San José ranks 10th at under 5%. The best odds are in Guatemala City (Guatemala, about 20%), Toluca (México, about 10%) and Mexico City (México, about 10%).
Same family: Parulidae
The closest relatives of the Slate-throated Redstart that you can see in San José (family Parulidae, New World Warblers) are Yellow Warbler (about 40%), Tennessee Warbler (about 30%) and Northern Yellow Warbler (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Slate-throated Redstart is recorded against all the birds logged in San José (70 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
