New World Warblers (Parulidae)

Slate-throated Whitestart (Myioborus miniatus) - HBW 15, p. 781

French: Paruline ardoisée German: Larvenwaldsänger Spanish: Candelita Plomiza
Other common names: Slate-throated Redstart; Yellow-bellied Redstart (verticalis)

Taxonomy: Setophaga miniata Swainson, 1827, woods of Valladolid [= Morelia], Michoacán, Mexico.
Geographical variation largely clinal, e.g. colour of underparts gradually changing from dark red in N to yellow in South America and amount of black on face decreasing from N to S. Recently suggested by some authors that ballux and subsimillis be synonymized with verticalis. Twelve subspecies currently recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

miniatus ( Swainson, 1827) - Mexico from S Sonora, SW Chihuahua and San Luis Potosí S to S Oaxaca.
molochinus Wetmore, 1942 - Sierra de Tuxtla, in SE Veracruz (E Mexico).
intermedius ( Hartlaub, 1852) - S Mexico (extreme E Oaxaca, N & E Chiapas) and E Guatemala (NE of Pacific cordillera).

See all 12 subspecies

miniatus ( Swainson, 1827) - Mexico from S Sonora, SW Chihuahua and San Luis Potosí S to S Oaxaca.
molochinus Wetmore, 1942 - Sierra de Tuxtla, in SE Veracruz (E Mexico).
intermedius ( Hartlaub, 1852) - S Mexico (extreme E Oaxaca, N & E Chiapas) and E Guatemala (NE of Pacific cordillera).
hellmayri van Rossem, 1936 - Pacific cordillera from S Guatemala S to SW El Salvador.
connectens Dickey & van Rossem, 1928 - El Salvador and Honduras S to NC Nicaragua.
comptus Wetmore, 1944 - W & C Costa Rica.
aurantiacus ( S. F. Baird, 1865) - E Costa Rica and W Panama.
ballux Wetmore & Phelps, Sr, 1944 - SE Panama, N Colombia (excluding Santa Marta Mts) and W Venezuela (E to Loja) S through Colombian Andes to N Ecuador.
sanctaemartae J. T. Zimmer, 1949 - Santa Marta Mts (N Colombia).
pallidiventris ( Chapman, 1899) - N Venezuela from Falcón E to Sucre and Monagas.
subsimillis J. T. Zimmer, 1949 - W Andes in SW Ecuador and NW Peru.
verticalis ( d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837) - E Andes from S Ecuador S to C Bolivia; also tepuis of S Venezuela, N Guyana and N Brazil.