Slate-throated Redstart (Myioborus miniatus), Hunter Canyon, Cochise County

The first possible sighting of this Slate-throated Redstart was from Rick Romea on 25 July 2015. It was re-found by Glenn Seeholzer 21 August and confirmed and widely reported by Ronald Beck on 22 August 2015 and photographed by Bettina Arrigoni on 08 September 2015

Casual visitor to southeastern Arizona with an increase in reports in the past two years.

This distinctive species has slate gray upperparts, black around the face and throat, red chest and belly, chestnut cap, white on the outer rectrices and lack of any white in the wing.

08 September 2015, photo by Bettina Arrigoni

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