White-fronted whitestart

White-fronted whitestart
Lower bird with Myioborus melanocephalus (above)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Parulidae
Genus: Myioborus
Species: M. albifrons
Binomial name
Myioborus albifrons
(PL Sclater & Salvin, 1871)

The white-fronted whitestart (Myioborus albifrons), or, less accurately, the white-fronted redstart, is a species of bird in the Parulidae family. It is endemic to forest and woodland in the Andes in western Venezuela. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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