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title: "Spectacled Redstart"
description: "Myioborus melanocephalus — Birds. The spectacled whitestart or spectacled redstart (Myioborus melanocephalus) is a species of bird in the family Parulidae, the New World warblers."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/spectacled-redstart
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Spectacled Redstart

> Myioborus melanocephalus — Birds. The spectacled whitestart or spectacled redstart (Myioborus melanocephalus) is a species of bird in the family Parulidae, the New World warblers.

- Scientific name: *Myioborus melanocephalus*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 997
- Wikidata: [Q917084](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q917084)
- iNaturalist taxon: [9447](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/9447)

## Names

- en: Spectacled Redstart
- de: Brillenwaldsänger
- es: Candelita de anteojos
- fr: Paruline à lunettes
- nl: Brilzanger
- pl: Pleszówka okularowa

## Countries with the most observations

EC (555), PE (228), BO (103), CO (7)

## Summary

The spectacled whitestart or spectacled redstart (Myioborus melanocephalus) is a species of bird in the family Parulidae, the New World warblers. It is found from Colombia to Bolivia.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectacled_whitestart

## Photo

![Spectacled Redstart](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/spectacled-redstart/medium.jpg)

Photo: Manuel Roncal · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/181736966

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/spectacled-redstart?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).