Painted Redstart
Myioborus pictus
ORDER: PASSERIFORMES
FAMILY: PARULIDAE
IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern
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Michael J.Hopiak / CLO
A warbler of surpassing beauty, the Painted Redstart is a specialty of the borderlands of the American Southwest. The only member of its genus that regularly occurs in the United States, it is unique among American warblers for its vocalizations and its conspicuous foraging methods.