Collared Crescentchest (Melanopareia torquata) [XC738079]
by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from Campo Alegre de Goi\u00e1s, Goi\u00e1s, Brazil (call)
Collared Crescentchest (Melanopareia torquata) [XC329827]
by Pedro Diniz from Mucug\u00ea, Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil (song)
Subspecies
Genus differs considerably from other members of family, though shows certain structural similarities with Teledromas. Subspecies bitorquata has been treated by some authors as a dark variant of rufescens.
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:
bitorquata (Wied, 1831) - Eastern Bolivia (north-eastern Santa Cruz).
rufescens Hellmayr, 1924 - Central Brazil (from southern Pará south to eastern Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais and interior Sío Paulo) and extreme eastern Paraguay.
torquata (Wied, 1831) - Eastern Brazil in southern Piauí and western Bahia.