The slate-throated redstart, also surprisingly known as the slate-throated whitestart, is a beautiful bird I saw on March 18, 2022 at the Mashpi Amagusa Preserve in the Metropolitan District of Quito, Ecuador. My photos are horrible, but clear enough to reveal the shape and gorgeous colors.
There are 12 subspecies and I believe I saw ssp. verticalus which is found in south Ecuador to central Bolivia, southeast Venezuela, west Guyana and north Brazil. Other subspecies have red and pinkish-orange underparts.
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| Illustration of ssp. verticalus from Birds of the World. |
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| Range from Birds of the World. |
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