Copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy without permission • Santa Lucia, Ecuador, March.

Bird name: Slate Throated Whitestart
Latin: Myioborus miniatus
Other: Slate-throated Redstart • Candelita goliplomiza (Es) • Mariquita-cinza (Br)
Family: Parulidae • New World Warblers, Whitestarts
Range: Mexico, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Belize, Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela, Guianas, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina.
Similar: Parulas, Euphonias

One of the most widespread and frequently-seen passerines in Ecuador in March at mid-altitude - fast-moving but will perch nearby. Seen on the slope up to Santa Lucia, Mirador Rio Blanco, Paz de las Aves and Milpe, but the best views were at San Isidro (above). Often found in mixed flocks.

In Panama, I only saw them in the eastern Chiriqui province, where they are known by the old name of Slate-throated Redstart. They did not live close to huts like the Collared Whitestart, so were seen less frequently.

The Slate-throated Whitestart is yellow below, slate above, extending over head and throat (unlike the Parulas in Panama). Longish tail with white outer feathers distinguishes it from Euphonias. Small rufous crest is sometimes difficult to see. One fanned its tail frequently (photo below).



Directly above and below, Slate-throated Whitestarts, Chiriqui, Panama, May. © monacoeye
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Copyright: monacoeye • Guango Lodge • March 2011 • Do not copy without permission

Bird name: Spectacled Whitestart
Latin: Myioborus melanocephalus
Other: Candelita de anteojos (Es)
Family: Parulidae • New World Warblers, Whitestarts
Range: S Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, N. Bolivia
Similar:

The Spectacled Whitestart replaces the Slate-throated Whitestart at higher elevations. These were seen at Guango Lodge.

Distinctive marks include rufous crest and yellow “spectacles” around eye. Underparts are yellow and upperparts slate grey. Longish tail feathers, white below.

At times the rufous crest can be obscured, sometimes yellow unibrow stretches across both eyes, sometimes black above bill.

Spectacled Whitestart at Guango Lodge, Ecuador. March. © monacoeye
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Copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy without permission • Panama, Chirqui, May 2010

Bird name: Collared Whitestart
Latin: Myioborus torquatus
Other: Collared Redstart
Family: Parulidae • New World Warblers
Range: Costa Rica and Western Panama highlands
Similar:

In Panama found mostly in the western highlands above 1800m. The Collared Whitestart (more commonly known as Collared Redstart) is very colourful in the dark forest, and can be found near habitations.

The adult is unmistakable with yellow face and underside, dark above with dark neck, and raised rufous crest. Fast moving, so difficult to photograph in that respect, but not particularly shy either.

The above adult was one of two returning to feed an adorable chick, below, which lacks most of the yellow colouring. An endearing bird!

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222 Parulidae - New World Warblers - IOC 2.5 - 2010

Vermivora bachmanii - Bachman's Warbler - SE USA - Cuba, Bahamas
Vermivora chrysoptera - Golden-winged Warbler - E North America - Guatemala to N South America
Vermivora cyanoptera - Blue-winged Warbler - E North America - Central America
Vermivora peregrina - Tennessee Warbler - N North America - Mexico to N South America
Vermivora celata - Orange-crowned Warbler - W, N North America - Central America
Vermivora ruficapilla - Nashville Warbler - W, N North America - Central America
Vermivora virginiae - Virginia's Warbler - SW USA - Mexico
Vermivora crissalis - Colima Warbler - SW USA - Mexico
Vermivora luciae - Lucy's Warbler - SW USA, NW Mexico - W Mexico

Parula gutturalis - Flame-throated Warbler - Costa Rica, Panama
Parula superciliosa - Crescent-chested Warbler - Mexico to Nicaragua
Parula americana - Northern Parula - E North America - Central America, West Indies
Parula pitiayumi - Tropical Parula - Widespread Latin America, also S Texas

Dendroica pensylvanica - Chestnut-sided Warbler - E North America - Guatemala to N South America
Dendroica aestiva - American Yellow Warbler - Widespread N America, M America, central plateau Mexico - S North America to Amazonia - NB name
Dendroica petechia - Mangrove Warbler - extreme S US to W Indies, coastal M America, S America - includes Golden Warbler petechia and Mangrove Warbler erythachorides
Dendroica striata - Blackpoll Warbler - N North America - N, C South America
Dendroica castanea - Bay-breasted Warbler - N North America - NW South America
Dendroica fusca - Blackburnian Warbler - N, NE, EC North America - Costa Rica to Bolivia
Dendroica magnolia - Magnolia Warbler - N, NE North America - Central America, West Indies
Dendroica cerulea - Cerulean Warbler - C, E USA - Colombia to Peru
Dendroica tigrina - Cape May Warbler - NC, NE North America - West Indies
Dendroica caerulescens - Black-throated Blue Warbler - NE North America - Bahamas to N South America
Dendroica coronata - Myrtle Warbler - C,e USA & Canada - S North America, Central America
Dendroica auduboni - Audubon's Warbler - N,w - S North America, Central America
Dendroica nigrifrons - Black-fronted Warbler - NC Mexico
Dendroica goldmani - Goldman's Warbler - W Guatemala
Dendroica nigrescens - Black-throated Grey Warbler - W North America - Mexico
Dendroica chrysoparia - Golden-cheeked Warbler - SC Texas - Mexico to Nicaragua
Dendroica virens - Black-throated Green Warbler - N, NE, EC North America - Mexico to N South America, West Indies
Dendroica townsendi - Townsend's Warbler - W North America - Central America
Dendroica occidentalis - Hermit Warbler - W USA - Central America
Dendroica dominica - Yellow-throated Warbler - E, SE USA - Central America, Greater Antilles
Dendroica flavescens - Bahama Warbler - Bahamas - Split from Yellow-throated Warbler
Dendroica graciae - Grace's Warbler - SW USA - N, C Central America
Dendroica discolor - Prairie Warbler - E, SE USA - West Indies
Dendroica vitellina - Vitelline Warbler - Cayman Islands, Swan Islands
Dendroica adelaidae - Adelaide's Warbler - Puerto Rico
Dendroica subita - Barbuda Warbler - Barbuda
Dendroica delicata - St. Lucia Warbler - St Lucia
Dendroica pityophila - Olive-capped Warbler - Cuba, Bahamas
Dendroica pinus - Pine Warbler - E North America - S South America, Bahamas, Hispaniola
Dendroica kirtlandii - Kirtland's Warbler - Michigan - Bahamas
Dendroica palmarum - Palm Warbler - N North America - S South America, Central America
Dendroica plumbea - Plumbeous Warbler - Lesser Antilles
Dendroica pharetra - Arrowhead Warbler - Jamaica
Dendroica angelae - Elfin Woods Warbler - Puerto Rico

Catharopeza bishopi - Whistling Warbler - St Vincent

Mniotilta varia - Black-and-white Warbler - N, E North America - Mexico to Peru, West Indies

Setophaga ruticilla - American Redstart - N, C, E North America - Central America, West Indies, N South America

Protonotaria citrea - Prothonotary Warbler - E, SE USA - Central America, West Indies, N South America

Helmitheros vermivorum - Worm-eating Warbler - E USA - Central America, West Indies

Limnothlypis swainsonii - Swainson's Warbler - SE USA - Central America, West Indies

Seiurus aurocapilla - Ovenbird - N, C, E North America - Central America, West Indies, N South America
Seiurus noveboracensis - Northern Waterthrush - N, C North America - Central America, West Indies, N South America
Seiurus motacilla - Louisiana Waterthrush - E USA - Central America, West Indies, N South America

Oporornis formosus - Kentucky Warbler - E, SE USA - Mexico to N South America
Oporornis agilis - Connecticut Warbler - NC North America - C South America
Oporornis philadelphia - Mourning Warbler - N, NE North America - Nicaragua to N South America
Oporornis tolmiei - MacGillivray's Warbler - W, North America, also N Mexico - Central America

Geothlypis trichas - Common Yellowthroat - Widespread North America, Middle America - W South America
Geothlypis beldingi - Belding's Yellowthroat - Baja California
Geothlypis flavovelata - Altamira Yellowthroat - E Mexico
Geothlypis rostrata - Bahama Yellowthroat - Bahamas
Geothlypis semiflava - Olive-crowned Yellowthroat - Honduras to Ecuador
Geothlypis speciosa - Black-polled Yellowthroat - Mexico
Geothlypis nelsoni - Hooded Yellowthroat - Mexico
Geothlypis aequinoctialis - Masked Yellowthroat - N South America
Geothlypis chiriquensis - Chiriqui Yellowthroat - SW Costa Rica, Panama - Split from G. aequinoctialis
Geothlypis auricularis - Black-lored Yellowthroat - W Ecuador, W Peru - Split from G. aequinoctialis
Geothlypis velata - Southern Yellowthroat - SC South America - Split from G. aequinoctialis
Geothlypis poliocephala - Grey-crowned Yellowthroat - Widespread M America - Includes Chamaethlypis

Microligea palustris - Green-tailed Warbler - Hispaniola

Teretistris fernandinae - Yellow-headed Warbler - Cuba
Teretistris fornsi - Oriente Warbler - Cuba

Leucopeza semperi - Semper's Warbler - St. Lucia

Wilsonia citrina - Hooded Warbler - E, SE North America - Central America
Wilsonia pusilla - Wilson's Warbler - W, N North America - Central America
Wilsonia canadensis - Canada Warbler - N, NE, EC North America - Panama to N South America

Cardellina rubrifrons - Red-faced Warbler - SW USA & NW Mexico - Central America

Ergaticus ruber - Red Warbler - Mexico
Ergaticus versicolor - Pink-headed Warbler - S Mexico, Guatemala

Myioborus pictus - Painted Whitestart - SW USA to Guatemala
Myioborus miniatus - Slate-throated Whitestart - Mexico to Bolivia & Guyana
Myioborus brunniceps - Brown-capped Whitestart - Bolivia, N Argentina
Myioborus castaneocapillus - Tepui Whitestart - Tepuis
Myioborus pariae - Paria Whitestart - NE Venezuela
Myioborus cardonai - Guaiquinima Whitestart - SE Venezuela
Myioborus torquatus - Collared Whitestart - Costa Rica, Panama
Myioborus ornatus - Golden-fronted Whitestart - Colombia, Venezuela
Myioborus melanocephalus - Spectacled Whitestart - S Colombia to N Bolivia
Myioborus albifrons - White-fronted Whitestart - W Venezuela
Myioborus flavivertex - Yellow-crowned Whitestart - NE Colombia
Myioborus albifacies - White-faced Whitestart - S Venezuela

Euthlypis lachrymosa - Fan-tailed Warbler - Mexico to Nicaragua

Basileuterus fraseri - Grey-and-gold Warbler - Ecuador, Peru
Basileuterus bivittatus - Two-banded Warbler - Peru to NW Argentina
Basileuterus chrysogaster - Cuzco Warbler - Peru
Basileuterus chlorophrys - Choco Warbler - Colombia, Ecuador - Split from B. chrysogaster
Basileuterus flaveolus - Flavescent Warbler - Peru to NW Argentina
Basileuterus luteoviridis - Citrine Warbler - Venezuela to N Bolivia
Basileuterus signatus - Pale-legged Warbler - Peru to NW Argentina
Basileuterus nigrocristatus - Black-crested Warbler - Venezuela to Peru
Basileuterus griseiceps - Grey-headed Warbler - N Venezuela
Basileuterus basilicus - Santa Marta Warbler - NE Colombia
Basileuterus cinereicollis - Grey-throated Warbler - Venezuela, Colombia
Basileuterus conspicillatus - White-lored Warbler - N Colombia
Basileuterus coronatus - Russet-crowned Warbler - Venezuela to C Bolivia
Basileuterus culicivorus - Golden-crowned Warbler - Widespread Latin America - NB not Stripe-crowned Warbler
Basileuterus hypoleucus - White-bellied Warbler - SC South America
Basileuterus rufifrons - Rufous-capped Warbler - Mexico, Guatemala S to Venezuela - Chestnut-capped Warbler Basileuterus delattrii conspecific
Basileuterus belli - Golden-browed Warbler - Mexico to Honduras
Basileuterus melanogenys - Black-cheeked Warbler - Costa Rica, Panama
Basileuterus ignotus - Pirre Warbler - Panama, Colombia
Basileuterus tristriatus - Three-striped Warbler - Panama to Bolivia
Basileuterus trifasciatus - Three-banded Warbler - Ecuador, Peru
Basileuterus leucoblepharus - White-rimmed Warbler - SE South America
Basileuterus leucophrys - White-striped Warbler - SC Brazil

Phaeothlypis fulvicauda - Buff-rumped Warbler - Honduras to N Bolivia
Phaeothlypis rivularis - Riverbank Warbler - N, SE, SC South America