Crescentchests

The crescentchests are a genus, Melanopareia, of suboscine passerine birds from South America. The genus has long been placed with the tapaculos in the family Rhinocryptidae. Their placement there has been questioned and in 2007 the genus was placed in its own family, Melanopareiidae, by the South American Classification Committee.

Specie di questa famiglia

• Elegant Crescentchest Melanopareia elegans
• Marañon Crescentchest Melanopareia maranonica
• Olive-crowned Crescentchest Melanopareia maximiliani
• Collared Crescentchest Melanopareia torquata

Specie simili a confronto

• Collared Crescentchest vs Olive-crowned Crescentchest
• Marañon Crescentchest vs Elegant Crescentchest