Birds of Ecuador

    PASSERIFORMES: Parulidae (New World Warblers)  
Genus: Myioborus (2 species, 12 worldwide)


Spectacled Whitestart
Spectacled Whitestart (Myioborus melanocephalus ruficoronatus)
Ecuador  
   
Photograph by Steve Riall   © All Rights Reserved.

Spectacled Whitestart
Spectacled Whitestart (Myioborus melanocephalus)
Tapichalaca Reserve, Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador  
   
Photograph by Graham Montgomery   © All Rights Reserved.


Slate-throated Whitestart
Slate-throated Whitestart (Myioborus miniatus ballux)
La Romera, Itagui, Antioquia, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Common and widespread. Note flash of white tail when bird is foraging, often in pairs. Red-bellied in Mexico, more orange in Central America, and yellow in South America.


© Tom Friedel - All Rights Reserved, except for images and data otherwise noted.       Colombia       Panama       Ecuador       Costa Rica       Mexico
Experimental sites:       Peru       Venezuela       The World       Brazil       Bolivia
Really Experimental sites:       Guyana       Cuba