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proton-wobbler · 5 months

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Warbler Showdown; Bracket 6, Poll 3

Yellow-crowned Whitestart (Myioborus flavivertex)

IUCN Rating: Least Concern

Range: the Santa Marta mountains of northern Colombia

Habitat: humid montane forest and cloudforest, as well as their edges; elevation 1200-3050m, though generally above 2000m

Subspecies: none

Painted Redstart (Myioborus pictus)

IUCN Rating: Least Concern

Range: mountainous regions of the southwestern US and Mexico, as well as Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua

Habitat: pine-oak woodlands, though in the north they prefer canyon valleys and in the south they can be found in more arid areas

Subspecies: 2

Image Sources: yellow crowned (Jose Illanes); painted (Anon)

#PARE back for round 2 on this blog lol #NWW Showdown #yellow crowned whitestart #yellow crowned redstart #painted redstart #painted whitestart #myioborus #parulidae #passeriformes #bird poll #polls

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inolienkiki · 5 months

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TIL about the Painted Whitestart

this is the bird that nobody can agree on the name of, and I find it hilarious

So, redstarts are this group of birds that got named a long time ago in Europe- the name means "red tail". They do this thing where they flick their tail feathers and show the color to scare bugs out of the undergrowth and eat them. Neat

Anyway, Big Biology found out about another group of birds that also did this, only their tails were white instead of red. Some people decided to call them redstarts too, but others pointed out that they weren't red, and they aren't even closely related to the redstarts. Hence, international ornithologists call them whitestarts now (even if Americans are still holding out for some reason)

Now, the Painted Whitestart is a bird with white wings and a red chest. For a while biologists were pretty sure it was a redstart, since, duh- it's red. Then, in the 60s, ornithologists looked a little closer and noticed, hey, this bird is a whitestart. (It's related to whitestarts, not redstarts). Which should have been obvious since its tail is white, not red.

Nonetheless, people are still arguing over this... search "whitestart" on the Audubon Society website and you get another bird in the whitestart genus, but the Painted Whitestart doesn't show up- it's a redstart, apparently. Meanwhile, the creators of Wingspan- the bird-focused board game that brought this to my attention- very intently labeled it as a whitestart. If people are still this hung up over a name change that happened sixty years ago... what's going to happen when all birds named for people get redesignated? (This is going to happen, and the organization doing it is the same one using the name "painted redstart"!)

Also, *very* important question: if this bird is supposedly a redstart, what's the paint?

#pointless longpost #birds #wingspan #painted whitestart

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herpsandbirds · 1 month

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Painted Redstart or Painted Whitestart (Myioborus pictus), family Parulidae, order Passeriformes, Cave Creek Canyon, AZ, USA

photograph by Jeff Gresko

#wood warbler #redstart #whitestart #myioborus #bird #ornithology #animals #nature #north america

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mtindicators · 3 years

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Painted Whitestart Bird Sound, Bird Song, Bird Call, Bird Calling Chirps...

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proton-wobbler · 9 days

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Warbler Showdown; Bracket 6.2, Poll 2

Painted Redstart (Myioborus pictus)

IUCN Rating: Least Concern

Range: mountainous regions of the southwestern US and Mexico, as well as Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua

Habitat: pine-oak woodlands, though in the north they prefer canyon valleys and in the south they can be found in more arid areas

Subspecies: 2

Slate-throated Whitestart (Myioborus miniatus)

IUCN Rating: Least Concern

Range: in montane regions from northern Mexico down to central Bolivia, with populations also found to the east in Venezuela and Guyana

Habitat: montane and submontane forests, with varying preferences depending on the region- evergreen or pine-evergreen in Central America, wet highland in Costa Rica and Panama, humid forests throughout the Andes in South America, and tepuis in southern Venezuela; elevation 700-3000m, depending on the region

Subspecies: 12, with varying levels of coloration differences in the belly

Image Sources: painted (Anon); slate (K Togo)

#nww showdown #myioborus #parulidae #passeriformes #new world warbler #wood warblers #polls #bird poll

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proton-wobbler · 6 months

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Genus: Myioborus

Slate-throated Whitestart (type species)

Ahh the Whitestarts- or... Redstarts? Well- ok, it's a bit of both, really. "Start" is another word for "tail", and as far as optics go, all the birds in this genus have white feathers under their tails. Whitestart should be the name! And by IOC (International Ornithological Congress) standards, this is the case. But, Clements and the American Ornithological Society (AOS) use "redstart" as the common name, which is confusing on multiple levels. First of all, the name was originally given because of the resemblance to the American Redstart, which belongs in Setophaga- but that bird at least has a reddish tail! The second source of confusion is to a number of other "redstart" species which belong to the Muscicapidae family- the Old World Flycatchers. Changing the common name to "whitestart" all around would certainly simplify things, but in some cases tradition supersedes common sense when it comes to bird names.

The genus name translates to "fly eater", from muias for 'fly' and boros for 'devouring'. As far as warblers go, this is fairly common. Originally some European naturalists referred to the wood warblers as flycatchers, based on the jaunty sallies that many of the North American warblers do while capturing their prey and their superficial resemblance to Muscicapidae.

Whitestarts heavily inhabit the northern portion of South America, with some species trailing down the Andes and a few others coming up through Central and North America. The Painted Whitestart reaches into the United States, though just along the southwest border with Mexico. Their typical habitat preferences are mountain forest, woodland, and shrubs.

Painted Redstart

(for simplicity sake, I'll continue to use Painted Redstart as this bird's common name. Clements is the source for eBird/Merlin, etc., so most American birders will recognize this as a Painted Redstart, and it's already been featured on the blog as such. For the others, I'll be using 'Whitestart' in the polls, but tagging for both names)

#myioborus #parulidae #passeriformes #new world warblers #wood warblers #songbirds #Genus Feature #(also source links are on the pics)

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proton-wobbler · 7 months

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Bracket 1: Setophaga-A

Grace's Warbler vs Barbuda Warbler

Hooded Warbler vs Myrtle Warbler

Golden-cheeked Warbler vs Olive-capped Warbler

Vitelline Warbler vs Chestnut-sided Warbler

Blackburnian Warbler vs Bay-breasted Warbler

Townsend's Warbler vs Yellow-throated Warbler

Cerulean Warbler vs Goldman's Warbler

Elfin-woods Warbler vs Tropical Parula

Black-throated Blue Warbler vs Kirtland's Warbler

Bracket 2: Setophaga-B

Pine Warbler vs Blackpoll Warbler

Bahama Warbler vs Arrowhead Warbler

Adelaide's Warbler vs American Restart

Palm Warbler vs St. Lucia Warbler

Yellow Warbler vs Plumbeous Warbler

Cape May Warbler vs Hermit Warbler

Prairie Warbler vs Black-throated Green Warbler

Magnolia Warbler vs Audubon's Warbler

Northern Parula vs Black-throated Gray Warbler

Bracket 3: Myiothlypis

Russet-crowned Warbler vs Citrine Warbler

Pale-legged Warbler vs White-lored Warbler (run-off)

Two-banded Warbler vs Flavescent Warbler

Gray-headed Warbler vs Santa Marta Warbler

Cuzco Warbler vs White-striped Warbler

Buff-rumped Wabler vs Choco Warbler

White-browed Warbler vs Riverbank Warbler

Gray-and-gold Warbler vs Black-crested Warbler

Gray-throated Warbler vs Roraiman Warbler

Bracket 4: Basileuterus

Fan-tailed Warbler vs Three-striped Warbler

Golden-browed Warbler vs Golden-crowned Warbler

Yungas Wabler vs Three-banded Warbler

Pirre Warbler vs Tacarcuna Warbler

Rufous-capped Warbler vs Costa Rican Warbler

Black-cheeked Warbler vs Chestnust-capped Warbler

Bracket 5: Geothlypis

Beldin's Yellowthroat vs Mourning Warbler

Kentucky Warbler vs Black-lored Yellowthroat

Common Yellowthroat vs Southern Yellowthroat

Gray-crowned Yellowthroat vs Altamira Yellowthroat

Bahama Yellowthroat vs Black-polled Yellowthroat

Olive-crowned Yellowthroat vs Hooded Yellowthroat

MacGillivray's Warbler vs Masked Yellowthroat

Bracket 6: Myioborus

White-fronted Whitestart vs Tepui Whitestart

Spectacled Redstart vs Brown-capped Whitestart

Yellow-crowned Redstart vs Painted Whitestart

Golden-fronted Whitestart vs Slate-throated Whitestart

Collared Whitestart vs Paria Whitestart

Saffron-breasted Whitestart vs White-faced Whitestart

Bracket 7: Leiothlypis & Cardellina

Virginia's Warbler vs Lucy's Warbler

Tennessee Warbler vs Nashville Warbler

Colima Warbler vs Orange-crowned Warbler

Red Warbler vs Pink-headed Warbler

Red-faced Warbler vs Wilson's Warbler

(solo/sit-out) Canada Warbler

Bracket 8: Vermivora, Parkesia, & Oreothlypis

Blue-winged Warbler vs Golden-winged Warbler

Northern Waterthrush vs Louisiana Waterthrush

Flame-throated Warbler vs Crescent-chested Warbler

(solo/sit-out) Bachman's Warbler

Bracket 9: Odd Ones Out

Semper's Warbler vs Prothonotary Warbler

Ovenbird vs Black-and-white Warbler

Swainson's Warbler vs Whistling Warbler

Connecticut Warbler vs Worm-eating Warbler

Bracket 10: Not-"Warblers"

Red-breasted Chat vs Yellow-headed Warbler

White-winged Warbler vs Olive Warbler

Green-tailed Warbler vs Grey-throated Chat

Yellow-breasted Chat vs Wrenthrush

Rose-breasted Chat vs Oriente Warbler

#NWW Showdown #I'm not tagging anything else bc that's too much work and they're already written out #masterpost

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