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Photo by Ciro Albano
Ribeiro Gonçalves, Piauí State, Brazil, January 2005
Melanopareia torquata

Identification

14.5cm

  • 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)

Bitorquata is not recognised by all authorities[2].

Habitat

Tall grassland and savanna.

Behaviour

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
  2. Avibase
  3. Arthur Grosset

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