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Tepui whitestart

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Tepui whitestart
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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 or tepui redstart (Myioborus castaneocapilla) is a species of bird in the family Parulidae. 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

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  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Myioborus castaneocapilla". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22721902A94739021. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22721902A94739021.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.