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.

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