- Melanopareia torquata
Includes: Double-collared Crescentchest
Identification
14.5cm (5¾ in)
- Greyish-brown upperparts
- Dark reddish-brown underparts
- Brown crown
- White brow
- Rufous half collar round back of neck
- Long white supercilium
- Broad black line through eye
- Pale yellow throat
- Black collar and breast band
- Long tail
Distribution
South America: found in Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay.
Taxonomy
Subspecies
There are 3 subspecies[1]
- M. t. bitorquata:
- Cerrado of eastern Bolivia (north-eastern Santa Cruz)
- M. t. rufescens:
- M. t. torquata:
- Cerrado of interior eastern Brazil (southern Piauí and western Bahia)
Gill and Donsker split bitorquata as Double-collared Crescentchest.
Habitat
Tall grassland and savanna.
Behaviour
Diet
There is very little information available.
The hop on the ground or in low branches, with the cover of long grass.
They nearly always forage alone, very occasionally seen in pairs.
Breeding
The globe-shaped nest is constructed from grass and has a side entrance.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2017. IOC World Bird Names (version 7.1). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
- Avibase
- Arthur Grosset
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved August 2016)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Collared Crescentchest. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 19 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Collared_Crescentchest
External Links
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