Guaiquinima Whitestart

Guaiquinima Whitestart
Guaiquinima Whitestart
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Parulidae
Genus: Myioborus
Species: M. cardonai
Binomial name
Myioborus cardonai
Zimmer & Phelps, 1945

The Guaiquinima Whitestart (Myioborus cardonai), also known as the Saffron-breasted Whitestart, is a species of bird in the Parulidae family. It is endemic to humid highland forests on Cerro Guaiquinima in south-eastern Venezuela. It is sometimes known by the less accurate names Guaiquinima Redstart and Saffron-breasted Redstart. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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