Yellow-crowned whitestart

Yellow-crowned whitestart
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Parulidae
Genus: Myioborus
Species: M. flavivertex
Binomial name
Myioborus flavivertex
(Salvin, 1887)

The yellow-crowned whitestart (Myioborus flavivertex) or Santa Marta whitestart is a species of bird in the Parulidae family. It is endemic to the highland forest and woodland in the Santa Marta Mountains in Colombia. It is sometimes known by the less accurate yellow-crowned redstart.

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