Elegant Crescentchest (Melanopareia elegans)

Other Names (World)
Elegant Crescentchest, Elegant Crescent-chest

Family
Melanopareiidae (Crescentchests)

Size
16.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Lesson, 1844)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry forest, lowland dry shrubland. From sea-level - 2,400 m.

Range (Guide)

Ecuador, Peru.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2011).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (19)...)

Elegant Crescentchest (Melanopareia elegans) [XC778942]
by Herman van Oosten from Vilcabamba (Victoria) (near Vilcabamba), Loja, Loja, Ecuador (song)

Elegant Crescentchest (Melanopareia elegans) [XC355358]
by Wilson Diaz from Ayampe, Manab\u00ed, Ecuador (song)

Subspecies
Melanopareia elegans (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into Elegant Crescentchest (Melanopareia elegans) and Maranon Crescentchest (Melanopareia maranonica) following SACC (2005).

Genus differs considerably from other members of family, though shows certain structural similarities with Teledromas. May form a superspecies with Maranon Crescentchest (Melanopareia maranonica). Vocally very similar to Maranon Crescentchest (Melanopareia maranonica), and sometimes considered conspecific, but has proportionally shorter tail and distinct plumage pattern, and is geographically isolated. Birds from southern Ecuador (Loja) are probably intergrades between nominate subspecies and paucalensis.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

elegans (Lesson, 1844) - Western Ecuador (southern from Manab�� and extreme southern Pichincha).
paucalensis (Taczanowski, 1884) - Pacific north-western Peru south to La Libertad.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Elegant Crescentchest (Melanopareia elegans) - 10 files

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