- Tepui Whitestart
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Tepui Whitestart Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Parulidae Genus: Myioborus Species: M. castaneocapilla Binomial name Myioborus castaneocapilla
(Cabanis, 1849)Synonyms Myioborus brunniceps castaneocapilla
The Tepui Whitestart (Myioborus castaneocapilla), or, less accurately, the Tepui Redstart, is a species of bird in the Parulidae family. It is found in humid highland forest, woodland and scrub in the Tepuis in southern Venezuela, western Guyana and northern Brazil. It is sometimes included as a subspecies of the Brown-capped Whitestart.
References
- BirdLife International 2004. Myioborus castaneocapilla. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 26 July 2007.
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