Family
Crescentchests
Melanopareiidae
4 species with a page on Motmot.
Order: Passeriformes
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.
Species in this family
- Elegant Crescentchest Melanopareia elegans
- Marañon Crescentchest Melanopareia maranonica
- Olive-crowned Crescentchest Melanopareia maximiliani
- Collared Crescentchest Melanopareia torquata