COLOMBIA August 2009 |
From August 23 to 29, 2009, Sheridan Coffey and myself birded central Colombia using Medellin-based birding guide Pablo Flores Valencia click here to email Pablo.
The virtual-endemic Golden-fronted Whitestart Mioborus ornatus comes in two forms:
In the woodlands below Paramo Guasca, east of Bogota one can find nominate ornatus, with its distinctive white eye-surround:
In the western and central Andes (here above Jardin in western Andes) the form chrysops is found; this is an adult:
- and here is a juvenile chrysops, seen begging from an attendant adult; I've added two more photos of this individual, as it looks very different to all illustrations of Mioborus juveniles (which are all depicted as essentially dark brownish-gray above, with no pattern on the head or chest):
