Tapaculos (Rhinocryptidae)
Elegant Crescentchest (Melanopareia elegans) - HBW 8, p. 787
French: Cordon-noir élégant
German: Kleiner Schmuckbandvogel
Spanish: Pecholuna Elegante
Taxonomy: Synallaxis elegans Lesson, 1844, Guayaquil, west Ecuador.
Genus differs considerably from other members of family, though shows certain structural similarities with Teledromas (see page 748). May form a superspecies with M. maranonica. Vocally very similar to latter, and sometimes considered conspecific, but has proportionally shorter tail and distinct plumage pattern, and is geographically isolated. Birds from S Ecuador (Loja) are probably intergrades between nominate race and paucalensis. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- elegans (Lesson, 1844) - W Ecuador (S from Manabí and extreme S Pichincha).
- paucalensis (Taczanowski, 1884) - Pacific NW Peru S to La Libertad.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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in the understory Locality Chaparrí Reserve, Lambayeque Department, Peru (ssp paucalensis)
Daniêl Jimenez 18 November 2012 10 weeks ago 18 sec 3.7 -
A bird responding to playback. Locality Tumbes Department, Peru (ssp paucalensis)
Jacob R Saucier 2 July 2009 3 years ago 25 sec 3.7 -
A bird foraging in the understory. Locality Chaparrí Reserve, Lambayeque Department, Peru (ssp paucalensis)
Yoel Jimenez 17 November 2012 11 weeks ago 18 sec 3.3
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adult in dense scrub
Locality Jorupe Reserve, Loja Province, Ecuador (ssp elegans)
Dusan Brinkhuizen 31 January 2010 3 years ago 2.8
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Bird calling in a low shrub. Locality Sozoranga, Loja Province, Ecuador
(ssp elegans)
Sam Woods 11 February 2009 3 years ago 4
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