Myioborus miniatus
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In 3 days ~40% in a week ~60%
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 |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Slate-throated Redstart sighting in Toluca on a given day, based on 26 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 57th most-seen of the 118 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January and November
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Slate-throated Redstart in Toluca on a given day, against under 5% in September, the lowest month. Those are among Toluca's driest months, with about 15 mm of rain a month against 150 mm in July.
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.
2nd of 11
Of the 11 cities where we can rate Slate-throated Redstart sightings, Toluca ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Guatemala City (Guatemala, about 20%).
Same family: Parulidae
The closest relatives of the Slate-throated Redstart that you can see in Toluca (family Parulidae, New World Warblers) are Yellow-rumped Warbler (about 60%), Wilson's Warbler (about 50%) and Townsend's Warbler (about 40%), 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 Toluca (26 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.
