Guaiquinima Whitestart | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Parulidae |
Genus: | Myioborus |
Species: | M. cardonai |
Binomial name | |
Myioborus cardonai Zimmer & Phelps, 1945 |
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.