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Myioborus miniatus (Swainson, 1827)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 178985

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Species
	Synonym(s):	Setophaga miniata Swainson, 1827
	Common Name(s):	Paruline ardoisée [French]
		mariquita-cinza [Portuguese]
		mariquita-de-garganta-ardósia [Portuguese]
		Candelita plomiza [Spanish]
		Chipe de montaña [Spanish]
		Slate-throated Whitestart [English]

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Deuterostomia
	Phylum	Chordata – cordés, cordado, chordates
	Subphylum	Vertebrata – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates
	Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
	Superclass	Tetrapoda
	Class	Aves – Birds, oiseaux
	Order	Passeriformes – Perching Birds, passereaux
	Family	Parulidae – New World Warblers, wood-warblers
	Genus	Myioborus S. F. Baird, 1865 – whitestarts
	Species	Myioborus miniatus (Swainson, 1827) – Paruline ardoisée, mariquita-cinza, mariquita-de-garganta-ardósia, Candelita plomiza, Chipe de montaña, Slate-throated Whitestart
		Direct Children:
	Subspecies	Myioborus miniatus aurantiacus (S. F. Baird, 1865)
	Subspecies	Myioborus miniatus ballux Wetmore & W. H. Phelps, 1944
	Subspecies	Myioborus miniatus comptus Wetmore, 1944
	Subspecies	Myioborus miniatus connectens Dickey & Van Rossem, 1928
	Subspecies	Myioborus miniatus hellmayri Van Rossem, 1936
	Subspecies	Myioborus miniatus intermedius (Hartlaub, 1852)
	Subspecies	Myioborus miniatus miniatus (Swainson, 1827)
	Subspecies	Myioborus miniatus molochinus Wetmore, 1942
	Subspecies	Myioborus miniatus pallidiventris (Chapman, 1899)
	Subspecies	Myioborus miniatus sanctaemartae J. T. Zimmer, 1949
	Subspecies	Myioborus miniatus subsimilis J. T. Zimmer, 1949
	Subspecies	Myioborus miniatus verticalis (d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837)

References


	Expert(s):
	Expert:	Alan P. Peterson, M.D.
	Notes:	PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999
	Reference for:	Myioborus miniatus

	Expert:	Richard C. Banks
	Notes:	Chief, Bird Section, U.S.G.S. - B.R.D. - P.W.R.C.
	Reference for:	Myioborus miniatus

	Other Source(s):
	Source:	AOU Check-List (09-2014), website (version Sep-2014)
	Acquired:	2014
	Notes:	American Ornithologists' Union's "AOU Checklist of North and Middle American Birds" (AOU Check-list, 7th edition, updated through the 54th supplement), maintained at http://checklist.aou.org/
	Reference for:	Myioborus miniatus

	Source:	IOC World Bird List (version 15.1), website (version 15.1)
	Acquired:	2025
	Notes:	Gill, F., D. Donsker, and P. Rasmussen, eds. 2025. IOC World Bird List (v 15.1. Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 03 Mar 2025]. doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.14.1
	Reference for:	Myioborus miniatus, Slate-throated Whitestart [English]

	Source:	NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)
	Acquired:	1996
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Myioborus miniatus

	Source:	Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2007.09.18, website (version 18-Sep-07)
	Acquired:	2007
	Notes:	"Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource" maintained by Alan P. Peterson at http://www.zoonomen.net
	Reference for:	Myioborus miniatus

	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Gill, Frank, and Minturn Wright
	Publication Date:	2006
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Birds of the World: Recommended English Names
	Page(s):	ix + 259
	Publisher:	Princeton University Press
	Publication Place:	Princeton, New Jersey, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-691-12827-8
	Notes:	Includes a CD-ROM with the full dataset
	Reference for:	Myioborus miniatus

Geographic Information


	Geographic Division:	Middle America
		South America

	Jurisdiction/Origin:	Mexico, Native

Comments


	Comment:

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