Brown-capped Whitestart (Myioborus brunniceps)

Other Names (World)
Brown-capped Whitestart, Brown-capped Redstart

Family
Parulidae (New World Warblers)

Size
13 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Lafresnaye & D'Orbigny, 1837)

Range (Guide)

Argentina, Bolivia.

Central Bolivia southern on eastern slope of Andes to north-central Argentina; also Sierras de Córdoba (central Argentina), south-east of main range.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Song is a high-pitched 'seeseeseeseeseeseeseeseeseep'.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (14)...)

Brown-capped Whitestart (Myioborus brunniceps) [XC506166]
by Niels Krabbe from La Rioja: Intihuasi, 3.4 km NW El Cantadero, Serran\u00eda de Velasco, Argentina (call)

Brown-capped Whitestart (Myioborus brunniceps) [XC11519]
by Niels Krabbe from Calilegua NP, Jujuy, Argentina (song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Formerly considered conspecific with Tepui Whitestart (Myioborus castaneocapilla), but the two differ in their songs and are widely separated geographically. Treatment as separate species supported by recent phylogenetic study, which suggested that close plumage similarities between the two may be due to retention of ancestral traits, rather than to genetic similarity.

References
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