Annual taxonomy update...no new species but whitestarts have arrived

Painted Whitestart, Madera Canyon, AZ, Apr 14, 2026

Slate throated Whitethroat, Refugio San Antonio, Costa Rica, Jan 31, 2025

Collared Whitestart, Paraiso Quetzal Lodge, Costa Rica, Dec 23, 2013

Yellow crowned Whitestart, Cuchilla San Lorenzo, Magdalena, Colombia, Feb 5, 2020

Golden fronted Whitestart (Yellow fronted), Junin, Cundinamarca, Colombia, Mar 16, 2022 

Spectacled Whitestart, The Death Road, La Paz, Bolivia, Dec 10, 2024

The latest taxonomy update did not add new warbler species but it did change the vast majority of 'redstarts' to the more appropriate 'whitestarts'.  American Redstart remains unchanged but all the other former redstarts become whitestarts.  This change impacts eleven warbler species with all occurring in the tropics and I have seen seven of those (the ones I have not seen are all in Venezuela).