White-faced whitestart

White-faced whitestart
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Parulidae
Genus: Myioborus
Species: M. albifacies
Binomial name
Myioborus albifacies
(Phelps & Phelps, 1946)

The white-faced whitestart (Myioborus albifacies), sometimes known by the less accurate name white-faced redstart, is a species of bird in the Parulidae family. It is endemic to humid highland forests in the tepuis of south-western Venezuela. Due to its isolated range, it is very poorly known.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Myioborus albifacies". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.


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