Alternative name: Spectacled Whitestart
- Myioborus melanocephalus
Identification
13–13·5 cm (5-5¼ in)
- Black crown and face
- Yellow eyering and supraloral stripe
Distribution
South America: found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia.
Taxonomy
Subspecies
Five subspecies are recognized1:
- M. m. ruficoronatus:
- M. m. griseonuchus:
- Western Andes of north-western Peru (Piura and Cajamarca)
- M. m. malaris:
- Central Andes of northern Peru (north of Chachapoyas in Amazonas)
- M. m. melanocephalus:
- Eastern Andes of Peru (Amazonas to Ayacucho)
- M. m. bolivianus:
- Andes of southern Peru (Cuzco) to western Bolivia (La Paz and Cochabamba)
Habitat
Humid montane forests, elfin and cloud forests, forest edges and nearby scrub. Observed at heights around 2,300 m.
Behaviour
Diet
Food is mostly invertebrates, insects and other invertebrates. They prefer to forage in the high canopy, but do feed at all levels, including the tops of bushes.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Nov 2017)
- BF Member observations
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Spectacled Redstart. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 12 November 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Spectacled_Redstart