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Photo © by eduardoo
Jama, Manabí, Ecuador 26th February 2022
Melanopareia elegans



Identification

Distribution

South America: found in Ecuador and Peru.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 2 subspecies[1]:

  • M. e. elegans:
  • Arid south-western Ecuador (north to Manabí and extreme southern Pichincha)
  • M. e. paucalensis:
  • Arid north-western Peru (southern to La Libertad)
Photo © by Wilson Diaz
Chaparri lodge. Lambayeque, Peru, 20 September 2014

Habitat

Dry forests.

Behaviour

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Lepage D. (2020) Avibase Retrieved 26 August 2020

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External Links

GSearch checked for 2020 platform.1

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