Birds of North Carolina
their Distribution and Abundance
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Common Name:
 Family (Alpha):
Parulidae Members:
General Comments
The Painted Redstart is one of the more beautiful of North American wood-warblers, being a species primarily limited to Mexico and the southwestern United States. There are relatively few strays to the East Coast, and thus it was quite a surprise when one -- sexes are similar and essentially indistinguishable, and immatures have acquired adult plumage before fall migration -- showed up at North Pond at Pea Island NWR (Dare), to be seen and photographed by numerous people on 5-6 Oct 2020* (Chat 85:38), (Chat 85:141). The record has been accepted by the NC BRC, and photos can be seen on the Carolina Bird Club Photo Gallery.
Breeding Status
Nonbreeder
NC BRC List
The species' status on the List of Bird Species of North Carolina: either Definitive, Provisional, or Extinct, as administered by the NC Bird Records Committee. The Provisional List contains species for which there are less than three accepted sight (i.e., non-documented) records. Species of unaccepted origin are not included on the List of Bird Species of North Carolina.
Definitive
State Status
none
U.S. Status
Definitive
State Rank
SA
Global Rank
G5
Coastal Plain
One record (see above).
Piedmont
No records.
Mountains
No records.
Finding Tips
1/2*