Order
Passeriformes
Family
Parulidae
Genus
Myioborus
 
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SPECIES

Slate-throated Redstart Myioborus miniatus

William D. Harrod and Ronald L. Mumme
Version: 1.0 — Published April 13, 2018

References

Introduction

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Recommended Citation

Harrod, W. D. and R. L. Mumme (2018). Slate-throated Redstart (Myioborus miniatus), version 1.0. In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/nb.sltred.01