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The collared crescentchest is 14.5 cm (5.7 in) long. Two unsexed specimens of M. t. rufescens weighed 16.5 and 18.0 g (0.58 and 0.63 oz). The nominate subspecies' back and rump are brown and the underparts buff. The crown of the head is gray brown. It has a narrow white supercilium edged with black, a rufous "collar" on the back of the neck, and a black band across the breast. Subspecies M. t. rufescens is almost identical but its crown is reddish brown. Both sexes of collared crescentchest sing year round, usually from atop a low shrub.
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When to see the Collared Crescentchest
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Collared Crescentchest
The map shades 3 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Collared Crescentchest
The collared crescentchest is a species of suboscine passerine bird in the family Melanopareiidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay.
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Easily confused with
Elegant CrescentchestMelanopareia elegansThe elegant crescentchest is 14.5 cm (5.7 in) long.
Olive-crowned CrescentchestMelanopareia maximilianiThe olive-crowned crescentchest is 15 cm (5.9 in) long.
Maranon CrescentchestMelanopareia maranonicaThe Marañón crescentchest is 16 cm (6.3 in) long.
Side by side: Collared Crescentchest vs Olive-crowned Crescentchest · Collared Crescentchest vs Elegant Crescentchest
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