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Elegant Crescentchest

Melanopareia elegans

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesWoodlandDomed nestSmall · 16 g
Elegant Crescentchest (Melanopareia elegans), photo 1
Photo: Dan Vickers · CC BY 4.0
Elegant Crescentchest (Melanopareia elegans), photo 2
Photo: Eamon Corbett · CC BY 4.0
Elegant Crescentchest (Melanopareia elegans), photo 3
Photo: (c) Dan Vickers, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY
Elegant Crescentchest (Melanopareia elegans), photo 4
Photo: (c) eamonccorbett, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

What the Elegant Crescentchest sounds like

Sonogram of the Elegant Crescentchest: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Guayas: 3 km E Pacoa Beach, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Elegant Crescentchest: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Guayas: 3 km E Pacoa Beach, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Elegant Crescentchest: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Loja: vía Celica-Macará, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The elegant crescentchest is 14.5 cm (5.7 in) long. Males weigh 16.0 to 20.2 g (0.56 to 0.71 oz) and females 15.5 to 19.0 g (0.55 to 0.67 oz) Males of both subspecies have a black crown, nape, and mask and a creamy supercilium. The back and rump are olive-brown. Its throat is white or pale buff that is darker around the margins and a black "bib" is below it. The upper chest is dark chestnut fading to tawny on the flanks and belly. The nominate female is similar, but the crown is sooty and there is no dark chestnut on the chest. The female M. e. Voice: The elegant crescentchest's song is "a series of..."chuck" notes" . Its scold call is "a dry penetrating churr" .

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

When to see the Elegant Crescentchest

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is January, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Elegant Crescentchest

Regular range

The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Ecuador Peru

About the Elegant Crescentchest

The elegant crescentchest is a species of bird in the family Melanopareiidae. It is found in Ecuador and Peru.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Collared Crescentchest (Melanopareia torquata) Collared CrescentchestMelanopareia torquataThe collared crescentchest is 14.5 cm (5.7 in) long. Olive-crowned Crescentchest (Melanopareia maximiliani) Olive-crowned CrescentchestMelanopareia maximilianiThe olive-crowned crescentchest is 15 cm (5.9 in) long. Maranon Crescentchest (Melanopareia maranonica) Maranon CrescentchestMelanopareia maranonicaThe Marañón crescentchest is 16 cm (6.3 in) long.

Side by side: Elegant Crescentchest vs Olive-crowned Crescentchest · Collared Crescentchest vs Elegant Crescentchest

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