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Maranon Crescentchest

Melanopareia maranonica

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesWoodlandCup nestSmall · 23 g
Maranon Crescentchest (Melanopareia maranonica), photo 1
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Maranon Crescentchest (Melanopareia maranonica), photo 2
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Maranon Crescentchest (Melanopareia maranonica), photo 3
Photo: Manuel Roncal · CC0
Maranon Crescentchest (Melanopareia maranonica), photo 4
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Maranon Crescentchest (Melanopareia maranonica), photo 5
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Maranon Crescentchest (Melanopareia maranonica), photo 6
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What the Maranon Crescentchest sounds like

Sonogram of the Maranon Crescentchest: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Zamora-Chinchipe: SE Zumba: turnoff to Chito on La Chonta - El Chorro road, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Maranon Crescentchest: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call, calls · Zamora-Chinchipe: SE Zumba: turnoff to Chito on La Chonta - El Chorro road, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Maranon Crescentchest: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call · Zamora-Chinchipe: SE Zumba: turnoff to Chito on La Chonta - El Chorro road, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The Marañón crescentchest is 16 cm (6.3 in) long. A female specimen weighed 23 g (0.81 oz). The male's crown and nape are black and its back and rump grayish olive. The chin and throat are white or light buff, and the throat is bordered on its sides and bottom with darker buff. It has broad black band just below the throat that merges into a chestnut breast; below the breast it is tawny. The female has a similar pattern. However, the black band is narrower and the underparts from that band to the tail are an ochraceous tawny.

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When to see the Maranon Crescentchest

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Maranon Crescentchest

Regular range

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

Peru Ecuador

About the Maranon Crescentchest

The Marañón crescentchest is a species of bird in the family Melanopareiidae. It is found in southern Ecuador and northern 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. Elegant Crescentchest (Melanopareia elegans) Elegant CrescentchestMelanopareia elegansThe elegant 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.

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