Spectacled Whitestart
Myioborus melanocephalus(Tschudi, JJ, 1844)
English (US) Spectacled Whitestart
The Spectacled Whitestart (Myioborus melanocephalus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Parulidae (New World Warblers) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Myioborus melanocephalus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Spectacled Whitestart
- Described by
- (Tschudi, JJ, 1844)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 5 subspecies for this species.
- Myioborus melanocephalus ruficoronatus
- Myioborus melanocephalus griseonuchus
- Myioborus melanocephalus malaris
- Myioborus melanocephalus melanocephalus
- Myioborus melanocephalus bolivianus
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Setophaga melanocephala
- Described by
- (Tschudi, JJ, 1844)
- Type locality
- Peru; restricted to Maraynioc, Junin, by Zimmer, 1949, Amer. Mus. Novit., no. 1428, p. 20.
- Original description
- Archiv für Naturgeschichte 10 p.276
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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