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Category:Melanopareia - BirdForum Opus

Collared Crescentchest
Photo by Ciro Albano

Genus: Melanopareia

Description

Crescentchests from South America.

Taxonomy

Melanopareia is the only genus in the family Melanopareiidae.
It was formerly placed within the Rhinocryptidae


Genus Melanopareia viewedit
M. torquata Collared Crescentchest
M. maximiliani Olive-crowned Crescentchest
M. maranonica Maranon Crescentchest
M. elegans Elegant Crescentchest

References

SACC proposal describing the uniqueness of the Melanopareia relative to the other species that were in Rhinocryptidae

Pages in category ‘Melanopareia’

The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.

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