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Passeriformes / Melanopareiidae / Melanopareia

Elegant Crescentchest

Melanopareia elegans

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (elecre1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Melanopareiidae
Genus: Melanopareia

Subspecies (2)

Melanopareia elegans elegans

arid southwestern Ecuador (northward to Manabí and far southern Pichincha)
Melanopareia elegans paucalensis

arid northwestern Peru (southward to La Libertad)

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (elecre1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.