Neotropical Redstarts
Myioborus
The whitestarts are New World warblers in the genus Myioborus. The English name refers to the white outer tail feathers which are a prominent feature of the members of this genus (“start” is an archaic word for “tail”). Confusingly, they are sometimes named as “redstarts”, and the use of these less accurate names is still widespread in Central and North America, while whitestart has gained wider use in South America and is the name recommended by...
14 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 12 known species
Slate-throated Redstart
speciesMyioborus miniatus
Painted Redstart
speciesMyioborus pictus
Collared Redstart
speciesMyioborus torquatus
Spectacled Redstart
speciesMyioborus melanocephalus
Golden-fronted Redstart
speciesMyioborus ornatus
Brown-capped Redstart
speciesMyioborus brunniceps
Yellow-crowned Redstart
speciesMyioborus flavivertex
Tepui Redstart
speciesMyioborus castaneocapilla
Spectacled × Golden-fronted Redstart
hybridMyioborus melanocephalus × ornatus
White-fronted Redstart
speciesMyioborus albifrons
Myioborus miniatus × pictus
hybridMyioborus miniatus × pictus
Paria Redstart
speciesMyioborus pariae
White-faced Redstart
speciesMyioborus albifacies
Saffron-breasted Redstart
speciesMyioborus cardonai
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 9446.