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Painted Whitestart
Myioborus pictus
Painted Whitestart (Myioborus pictus) — Songbirds & Perching Birds of North America.
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The Painted Whitestart (Myioborus pictus) is a member of the Parulidae family found in Central America & Caribbean and North America. Adults weigh 9.8 g. The IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern.
Conservation status
IUCN Red List (opens in a new tab)Widespread and abundant — not currently at risk.
Where it fits
- Class Aves
- Order Passeriformes
- Family Parulidae New World Warblers
- Genus Myioborus
- Species pictus
Quick facts
- Weight
- 9.8 g
- Diet
- Invertebrate-eaters
- Family
- Parulidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Habitat
- Woodland
How to identify
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Biology & behaviour
Diet
The Painted Whitestart is a invertivore — it feeds mainly on invertebrates such as insects and other small prey.
Behaviour
A bird of semi-open forest, it spends much of its time perched in trees and shrubs.
Migration
The Painted Whitestart is largely sedentary, staying within its range year-round rather than making regular long-distance migrations.
The Painted Whitestart (Myioborus pictus) is a species of bird in the Parulidae family, part of the order Passeriformes. It is found across Central America & Caribbean and North America. Its distribution covers NA, MA sw USA to Nicaragua.
It is a very small bird. Adults weighs around 9.8 g, with a wing length of about 7.3 cm and a tail of around 6.3 cm.
The IUCN Red List currently assesses it as Least Concern. That category covers species that remain widespread and reasonably abundant in the wild.
Its mapped global range covers an estimated 1.1 million km².
Songs & calls
Frequently asked questions
How big is the Painted Whitestart?
The Painted Whitestart is a very small bird that weighs around 9.8 g.
Where does the Painted Whitestart live?
The Painted Whitestart is found across Central America & Caribbean and North America with a range covering NA, MA sw USA to Nicaragua, where it favours woodland, forest and well-treed country.
What family does the Painted Whitestart belong to?
The Painted Whitestart (Myioborus pictus) belongs to the Parulidae family, in the order Passeriformes.
What does the Painted Whitestart eat?
The Painted Whitestart is a invertivore — it feeds mainly on invertebrates such as insects and other small prey.
Does the Painted Whitestart migrate?
The Painted Whitestart is largely sedentary, staying within its range year-round rather than making regular long-distance migrations.
Is the Painted Whitestart endangered?
The IUCN Red List currently assesses it as Least Concern That category covers species that remain widespread and reasonably abundant in the wild.
What sound does the Painted Whitestart make?
1 real field recording of the Painted Whitestart — including its song — can be played in the Songs & calls section on this page, credited to the recordist who captured it.
How large is the Painted Whitestart's range?
The Painted Whitestart has a mapped global range of about 1.1 million km².
Conservation
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