CRESCENTCHESTS   -   MELANOPAREIIDAE 

Olive-crowned Crescentchest Melanopareia maximiliani pallida JV Gonzales, Salta province, Argentina. The crescentchests have recently been separated from the tapaculos (Rhynocryptidae) and put in their own family. 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)

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