Painted Redstart

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Painted Redstart
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Parulidae
Genus: Myioborus
Species: M. pictus
Binomial name
Myioborus pictus
(Swainson, 1829)

The Painted Redstart, Myioborus pictus, is a species of New World warbler. It is also known as "Painted Whitestart".

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[edit] Overview

Painted Redstarts grow to be about 12.5 - 15 cm (5 to 6 inches) in length. The plumage of these birds is mostly black in color, although these birds have white wing patches, white outer tail feathers, white bellies, and white semi-circles around the bottoms of their eyes. The most distinguishable feature of a mature Painted Redstart is its vivid scarlet-red breast. Painted Redstarts are unusual amongst birds, and especially amongst warblers in that the female Painted Redstart is capable of singing just as well as a male, and during spring courtship a pair will often bond by singing together.

[edit] Range--ecology

Painted Redstarts are common at heights between 1500- 2,500 m (5,000 to 8,000 feet) and will make their homes in open oak woodlands and canyons in Central America, but will also range as far north as Arizona and New Mexico in the United States, called the Madrean sky islands as well as the Mogollon Rim to the north, (southern regions of the Colorado Plateau). During the summer and winter, these birds may venture as far south as Nicaragua.

[edit] Nesting, etc

Their nesting is done on the ground, and they create their nests so that they will be hidden amongst rocks, roots, or tufts of grass on steeply sloping ground. Their nests are large and shallow, constructed of strips of bark, plant fibers, leaves, and grass. The female will lay 3 or 4 white to cream-colored eggs that are speckled with fine brown and reddish spots. Incubation lasts about 14 days, but other nesting details are largely unknown.

[edit] References

[edit] Further reading

[edit] Book

  • Barber, D. R., P. M. Barber, and P. G. Jablonski. 2000. Painted Redstart (Myioborus pictus). In The Birds of North America, No. 528 (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds.). The Birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia, PA.

[edit] Thesis

  • Christoferson LL. M.S. (1996). Defining breeding habitat for painted redstarts, solitary vireos, and western wood-pewees in riparian areas of southeastern Arizona. The University of Arizona, United States -- Arizona.

[edit] Articles

  • Borowiec M, Cygan J, Jablonski P, Keller P & Sergiej E. (2006). The role of post-mating signals in breeding success: Does the intensity of nest building behavior in the Painted Redstart function as a signal of female quality?. Journal of Ornithology. p. 1) 140, AUG 2006.
  • Chace JE. (2005). Host use by sympatric cowbirds in southeastern Arizona. Wilson Bulletin. vol 117, no 4. p. 375-381.
  • Christoferson LL & Morrison ML. (2001). Integrating methods to determine breeding and nesting status of 3 western songbirds. Wildlife Society Bulletin. vol 29, no 2. p. 688-696.
  • Cygan JP, Jablonski P, Osiejuk T, Borowiec M & Stawarczyk T. (2006). Reaction of male Painted Redstarts to playback stimuli: How it reflects social status. Journal of Ornithology. p. 1) 152, AUG 2006.
  • Cygan JP & Jablonski PG. (2000). Painted redstart (Myioborus pictus) song: Preliminary analysis of song production rate. Biological Bulletin of Poznan. vol 37, no 1. p. 79-82.
  • Galatowitsch ML & Mumme RL. (2004). Escape behavior of neotropical homopterans in response to a flush-pursuit predator. Biotropica. vol 36, no 4. p. 586-595.
  • Howell SNG & Pyle P. (1993). New and noteworthy bird records from Baja California, Mexico, October 1991. Western Birds. vol 24, no 1. p. 57-62.
  • Jablonski P, Borowiec M, Cygan JP, Mumme R & Sergiej E. (2006). Evolutionary significance of geographic variation in a plumage-based foraging adaptation. Journal of Ornithology. p. 1) 90, AUG 2006.
  • Jablonski PG. (1999). A rare predator exploits prey escape behavior: The role of tail-fanning and plumage contrast in foraging of the painted redstart (Myioborus pictus). Behavioral Ecology. vol 10, no 1. p. 7-14.
  • Jablonski PG. (2001). Sensory exploitation of prey: Manipulation of the initial direction of prey escapes by a conspicuous 'rare enemy'. Proceedings of the Royal Society Biological Sciences Series B. vol 268, no 1471. p. 1017-1022.
  • Jablonski PG. (2002). Searching for conspicuous versus cryptic prey: Search rates of flush-pursuing versus substrate-gleaning birds. Condor. vol 104, no 3. p. 657-661.
  • Jablonski PG. (2003). The painted redstart (Myioborus pictus L.) search rate of a cryptic versus conspicuous prey: A field test of optimal search models. Polish Journal of Ecology. vol 51, no 3. p. 385-388.
  • Jablonski PG. (2004). Conspicuousness of a flush-pursue predator, the painted redstart (Myioborus pictus L.): An experiment using bird models in a breeding habitat. Polish Journal of Ecology. vol 52, no 1. p. 79-81.
  • Jablonski PG, Lasater K, Mumme RL, Borowiec M, Cygan JP, Pereira J & Sergiej E. (2006). Habitat-specific sensory-exploitative signals in birds: Propensity of dipteran prey to cause evolution of plumage variation in flush-pursuit insectivores. Evolution. vol 60, no 12. p. 2633-2642.
  • Jablonski PG & Lee SD. (2006). Effects of visual stimuli, substrate-borne vibrations and air current stimuli on escape reactions in insect prey of flush-pursuing birds and their implications for evolution of flush-pursuers. Behaviour. vol 143, no Part 3. p. 303-324.
  • Jablonski PG, Lee SD & Jerzak L. (2006). Innate plasticity of a predatory behavior: nonlearned context dependence of avian flush-displays. Behavioral Ecology. vol 17, no 6. p. 925-932.
  • Jablonski PG & McInerney C. (2005). Prey escape direction is influenced by the pivoting displays of flush-pursuing birds. Ethology. vol 111, no 4. p. 381-396.
  • Jablonski PG & Strausfeld NJ. (2000). Exploitation of an ancient escape circuit by an avian predator: Prey sensitivity to model predator display in the field. Brain Behavior & Evolution. vol 56, no 2. p. 94-106.
  • Jablonski PG & Strausfeld NJ. (2001). Exploitation of an ancient escape circuit by an avian predator: Relationships between taxon-specific prey escape circuits and the sensitivity to visual cues from the predator. Brain Behavior & Evolution. vol 58, no 4. p. 218-240.
  • Lovette IJ & Hochachka WM. (2006). Simultaneous effects of phylogenetic niche conservatism and competition on avian community structure. Ecology. p. S) S14-S28, JUL 2006.
  • Marshall J & Balda RP. (1974). BREEDING ECOLOGY OF PAINTED REDSTART. Condor. vol 76, no 1. p. 89-101.
  • Mumme RL. (2002). Scare tactics in a neotropical warbler: White tail feathers enhance flush-pursuit foraging performance in the Slate-throated Redstart (Myioborus miniatus). Auk. vol 119, no 4. p. 1024-1035.
  • Mumme RL, Galatowitsch ML, Jablonski PG, Stawarczyk TM & Cygan JP. (2006). Evolutionary significance of geographic variation in a plumage-based foraging adaptation: An experimental test in the slate-throated redstart (Myioborus miniatus). Evolution. vol 60, no 5. p. 1086-1097.
  • Reed JM. (1995). Relative vulnerability of extirpation of Montane breeding birds in the Great Basin. Great Basin Naturalist. vol 55, no 4. p. 342-351.
  • Spofford SH & Fisk LH. (1977). Additions to the List of Nectar Feeding Birds. Western Birds. vol 8, no 3. p. 109-112.
  • Unitt P. (1974). Painted Redstarts Attempt to Breed in California. Western Birds. vol 5, no 3. p. 94-96.

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