Alternative name: Yellow-crowned Whitestart
- Myioborus flavivertex
Identification
13 cm (5 in)
- Black head
- Yellow crown patch
- Buff supraloral stripe and eye crescent
- Olive-green upperparts
- Blackish-grey tail
Distribution
South America: found only in the Santa Marta Mountains (north-eastern Colombia)
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Montane humid forest, cloud forest and forest edges between 1200–3050 m.
Behaviour
Diet
They both glean and flycatch, for insects and probably other arthropods.
Breeding
The nest is a rather bulky cup hidden on or near the ground.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved July 2015)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Yellow-crowned Redstart. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 3 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Yellow-crowned_Redstart
External Links
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