Collared Crescentchest

Melanopareia torquata (Wied-Neuwied, M, 1831)

Melanopareiidae — Crescentchests

Collared Crescentchest, Melanopareia torquata, is a passerine of the Melanopareiidae family that breeds in eastern and central Brazil and north-east Paraguay. It lives in cerrado, especially in wetter open country, and avoids disturbed places. The bird is marked by a rufous band on the back of the neck and a black stripe across the breast, with a narrow white eyebrow edged in black. The nominate form has a brown back and rump, buff underparts, and a grey-brown crown, while rufescens has a reddish-brown crown.

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Melanopareiidae — Crescentchests
Breeding range: South America: e, c Brazil and ne Paraguay

Tours where you can spot this bird

2 tours in Brazil

Nine-day Minas Gerais Cerrado and Forest Birding

Brazil / Belo Horizonte Custom tour 9 days

Travel from Belo Horizonte to Canastra, Serra do Cipó and Caraça on a nine-day birding circuit, searching Cerrado rivers, upland grassland...

Private Pantanal and Chapada dos Guimaraes Birdwatching Tour

Brazil / Cuiaba Private tour

A private, customized birdwatching experience combining the wetlands and woodlands of the Northern Pantanal with Cerrado and forest habitats...