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Myioborus melanocephalus (Tschudi, 1844)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 561321

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Species
	Synonym(s):	Setophaga melanocephala Tschudi, 1844
	Common Name(s):	Paruline à lunettes [French]
		mariquita-de-óculos [Portuguese]
		mariquita-d'óculos [Portuguese]
		Candelita de anteojos [Spanish]
		Spectacled Whitestart [English]

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Deuterostomia
	Phylum	Chordata – cordés, cordado, chordates
	Subphylum	Vertebrata – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates
	Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
	Superclass	Tetrapoda
	Class	Aves – Birds, oiseaux
	Order	Passeriformes – Perching Birds, passereaux
	Family	Parulidae – New World Warblers, wood-warblers
	Genus	Myioborus S. F. Baird, 1865 – whitestarts
	Species	Myioborus melanocephalus (Tschudi, 1844) – Paruline à lunettes, mariquita-de-óculos, mariquita-d'óculos, Candelita de anteojos, Spectacled Whitestart
		Direct Children:
	Subspecies	Myioborus melanocephalus bolivianus Chapman, 1919
	Subspecies	Myioborus melanocephalus griseonuchus Chapman, 1927
	Subspecies	Myioborus melanocephalus malaris J. T. Zimmer, 1949
	Subspecies	Myioborus melanocephalus melanocephalus (Tschudi, 1844)
	Subspecies	Myioborus melanocephalus ruficoronatus (Kaup, 1852)

References


	Expert(s):
	Expert:	Alan P. Peterson, M.D.
	Notes:	PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999
	Reference for:	Myioborus melanocephalus

	Other Source(s):
	Source:	IOC World Bird List (version 15.1), website (version 15.1)
	Acquired:	2025
	Notes:	Gill, F., D. Donsker, and P. Rasmussen, eds. 2025. IOC World Bird List (v 15.1. Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 03 Mar 2025]. doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.14.1
	Reference for:	Myioborus melanocephalus, Spectacled Whitestart [English]

	Source:	Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2007.09.18, website (version 18-Sep-07)
	Acquired:	2007
	Notes:	"Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource" maintained by Alan P. Peterson at http://www.zoonomen.net
	Reference for:	Myioborus melanocephalus

	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Gill, Frank, and Minturn Wright
	Publication Date:	2006
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Birds of the World: Recommended English Names
	Page(s):	ix + 259
	Publisher:	Princeton University Press
	Publication Place:	Princeton, New Jersey, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-691-12827-8
	Notes:	Includes a CD-ROM with the full dataset
	Reference for:	Myioborus melanocephalus

Geographic Information


	Geographic Division:	South America

	Jurisdiction/Origin:

Comments


	Comment:

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