White-faced Redstart - BirdForum Opus

Alternative name: White-faced Whitestart

Myioborus albifacies

Identification

13 cm.

• Black forehead and crown
• Contrasting white face
• Slate-grey upperparts
• Black tail with white in outer rectrices
• Deep orange-yellow throat and underparts
• White undertail-coverts

Sexes alike, juveniles undescribed.

Similar species

Similar to Saffron-breasted Redstart but easily told apart by the white face.

Distribution

Tepuis of southern Venezuela (Cerros Guany, Yaví and Paraque).
A restricted-range species with a very small global range (suitable habitat estimated at 500–600 km²).

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].
Forms a superspecies with Saffron-breasted Redstart, Tepui Redstart and probably also Paria Redstart. Formerly regarded conspecific with Saffron-breasted Redstart.

Habitat

Montane humid forest and forest edge.
Recorded from 900 to 2250 m.

Behaviour

No information about diet or breeding.
Presumably a sedentary species.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved October 2015)

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Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) White-faced Redstart. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 4 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/White-faced_Redstart

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