Slate-throated redstart Myioborus miniatus

Identification Tips:

• Length: ? inches
• Small, insect-eating bird
• Thin, pointed bill
• Red belly
• White outer tail feathers
• Remainder of plumage dark gray
• Very rare stray to Arizona and New Mexico

Similar species:

The Painted Redstart is similar but has white wing patches and darker upperparts.

Length and wingspan from: Robbins, C.S., Bruun, B., Zim, H.S., (1966). Birds of North America. New York: Western Publishing Company, Inc.