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Saffron-breasted Redstart
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Saffron-breasted Redstart
Myioborus cardonai
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.
From the article Guaiquinima whitestart on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
The Guaiquinima whitestart is about 13 cm (5.1 in) long. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a solid black forehead and crown and white crescents above and below the eye on otherwise slate-gray face. Their upperparts and wings are slate-gray. Their tail is black with much white on the outer two pairs of feathers. Their throat and most underparts are deep orange-yellow and their undertail coverts white. They have a dark iris, a blackish bill, and blackish legs and feet.
Range & habitat
The Guaiquinima whitestart is known primarily from specimens taken on Cerro Guaiquinima, a tepui in the central part of Venezuela's Bolívar state. There it inhabits the interior and edges of cloudforest, gallery forest, and adjoining dense scrubby areas. In elevation it ranges between 1,200 and 1,700 m (3,900 and 5,600 ft).
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 9448.