CRESCENTCHESTS   -   MELANOPAREIIDAE 

Collared Crescentchest Melanopareia torquata rufescens Serra da Canstra, Minas Gerais state, Brazil. The crescentchests have recently been separated from the tapaculos (Rhynocryptidae) and put in their own family. This beautiful species is found in interior Brazil, eastern Bolivia, and northeastern Paraguay. (S6)

Olive-crowned Crescentchest Melanopareia maximiliani pallida JV Gonzales, Salta province, Argentina. This gaudy species is found in Bolivia, Paraguay, and N Argentina. (S5)

Elegant Crescentchest Melanopareia elegans elegans El Empalme, Loja province, Ecuador. Endemic to the Tumbesian region of SW Ecuador and NW Peru. (S5)