Golden-fronted Whitestart (Myioborus ornatus)
About the Golden-fronted Whitestart
The golden-fronted whitestart, yellow-fronted whitestart, or golden-fronted redstart (Myioborus ornatus) is a species of bird in the family Parulidae, the New World warblers. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela. The white-fronted whitestart was formally described in 1840 with the binomial Setophaga ornata. The species' further taxonomy is unsettled. Most systems assign it two subspecies, the nominate M. o. ornatus (Boissonneau, 1840) and M. o. chrysops (Salvin, 1878). However, in 2016 BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World (HBW) split them into separate species. Confusingly, HBW calls M. ornatus the "yellow-fronted whitestart" and M. chrysops the "golden-fronted whitestart". This article follows the majority's one species, two subspecies model.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 127 recordings for this species: 108 CC BY-NC-SA · 19 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Colombia in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Painted WhitestartMyioborus pictusrecording
- Slate-throated WhitestartMyioborus miniatusrecording
- Spectacled WhitestartMyioborus melanocephalusrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.