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Alternative name: Collared Whitestart

Myioborus torquatus

Photo by SeanKP
Savegre Mountain Lodge, Costa Rica

[edit] Identification

12.5 cm

• Slate black upperparts
• Bright yellow underparts
• Chestnut crown, bordered black
• Bright yellow face
• Black forehead
• Black, white edged tail
• Black breast band
  

Sexes similar
Juvenile: duller, browner back

• Pale yellow underparts
• Slate head

[edit] Distribution

Central America: found in the humid montane forests of Costa Rica and western Panama.

[edit] Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

[edit] Habitat

Mountains, ravines and pastures.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Diet

The diet includes insects. The nest is placed on the ground; it has a roof and side entrance and is formed from bark, plant fibres, leaves, and grass. The 2-3 white or cream, brown spotted eggs are incubated for about two weeks.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
2. Wikipedia

• List of references

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