Painted Redstart
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- | '''Common Name:''' Painted Redstart | + | '''Common Name:''' Painted Redstart<br> |
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'''Scientific Name:''' Myioborus pictus | '''Scientific Name:''' Myioborus pictus | ||
'''Habitat:''' North America. East Arizona, West New Mexico, Southwest Texas, Mexico and the Yucatan Peninsula. Found in wooded areas. | '''Habitat:''' North America. East Arizona, West New Mexico, Southwest Texas, Mexico and the Yucatan Peninsula. Found in wooded areas. | ||
- | '''Status:''' | + | '''Status:''' Least Threatened. '''Global Population:''' 2,000,000 mature individuals. |
'''Diet:''' Mostly insects; also some tree sap, sugar water, peanut butter, and suet. Gleans insects from leaves, trunks, and branches. Also hawks insects in the air. Actively fans its tail and wings to elicit movement by prey. Also turns body back and forth to flush insects. | '''Diet:''' Mostly insects; also some tree sap, sugar water, peanut butter, and suet. Gleans insects from leaves, trunks, and branches. Also hawks insects in the air. Actively fans its tail and wings to elicit movement by prey. Also turns body back and forth to flush insects. | ||
Like other "redstarts" in its genus, the Painted Redstart flashes its white wing patches and outer tail feathers when foraging. These actions appear to flush insects that the redstart then pursues and captures. | Like other "redstarts" in its genus, the Painted Redstart flashes its white wing patches and outer tail feathers when foraging. These actions appear to flush insects that the redstart then pursues and captures. | ||
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