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Slate-throated Whitestart

Myioborus miniatus

Classification

Class
Aves
Family
Parulidae

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. Taxonomy 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".

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Peru · 8,876Brazil · 34