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Myioborus  S. F. Baird, 1865
Taxonomic Serial No.: 178984

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): whitestarts [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2025   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderPasseriformes  – Perching Birds, passereaux  
                            FamilyParulidae  – New World Warblers, wood-warblers  
                               GenusMyioborus S. F. Baird, 1865 – whitestarts  
    Direct Children:  
                                  SpeciesMyioborus albifacies W. H. Phelps & W. H. Phelps Jr, 1946 – Paruline à face blanche, mariquita-de-cara-branca, mariquita-de-faces-brancas, Candelita cariblanca, White-faced Whitestart 
                                  SpeciesMyioborus albifrons (P. L. Sclater & Salvin, 1871) – Paruline à front blanc, mariquita-de-fronte-branca, mariquita-de-testa-branca, Candelita frentiblanca, White-fronted Whitestart 
                                  SpeciesMyioborus brunniceps (d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837) – Paruline basanée, mariquita-de-coroa-castanha, mariquita-de-barrete-castanho, Candelita coronicastaña, Brown-capped Whitestart 
                                  SpeciesMyioborus cardonai J. T. Zimmer & W. H. Phelps, 1945 – Paruline de Cardona, mariquita-do-guaiquinima, Candelita de Cardona, Guaiquinima Whitestart 
                                  SpeciesMyioborus castaneocapilla (Cabanis, 1849) – Tepui Whitestart, Paruline des tépuis, mariquita-de-cabeça-parda, mariquita-dos-tepuis, Candelita de tepuí 
                                  SpeciesMyioborus flavivertex (Salvin, 1887) – Paruline à cimier jaune, mariquita-de-coroa-amarela, mariquita-de-barrete-amarelo, Candelita coronigualda, Yellow-crowned Whitestart 
                                  SpeciesMyioborus melanocephalus (Tschudi, 1844) – Paruline à lunettes, mariquita-de-óculos, mariquita-d'óculos, Candelita de anteojos, Spectacled Whitestart 
                                  SpeciesMyioborus miniatus (Swainson, 1827) – Paruline ardoisée, mariquita-cinza, mariquita-de-garganta-ardósia, Candelita plomiza, Chipe de montaña, Slate-throated Whitestart 
                                  SpeciesMyioborus ornatus (Boissonneau, 1840) – Paruline dorée, mariquita-de-fronte-dourada, mariquita-adornada, Candelita adornada, Golden-fronted Whitestart 
                                  SpeciesMyioborus pariae W. H. Phelps & W. H. Phelps Jr, 1949 – Paruline de Paria, mariquita-de-pária, mariquita-de-paria, Candelita de Paria, Paria Whitestart 
                                  SpeciesMyioborus pictus (Swainson, 1829) – Paruline à ailes blanches, mariquita-pintada, Candelita aliblanca, Chipe ala blanca, Painted Whitestart 
                                  SpeciesMyioborus torquatus (S. F. Baird, 1865) – Paruline ceinturée, mariquita-de-coroa-vermelha, mariquita-de-colar, Candelita collareja, Collared Whitestart 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alan P. Peterson, M.D.   
  Notes: PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999   
  Reference for: Myioborus    
       
  Expert: Richard C. Banks   
  Notes: Chief, Bird Section, U.S.G.S. - B.R.D. - P.W.R.C.   
  Reference for: Myioborus    
       
  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   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Myioborus   
       
  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   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Baird, Spencer Fullerton   
  Publication Date: 1865   
  Article/Chapter Title: Review of American Birds, in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution, Part I. North and Middle America   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, no. 181   
  Page(s): iv + 450   
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  Notes: Available online via Biodiversity Heritage Library at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13272672   
  Reference for: original description   
       

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