Olive-crowned Crescentchest

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland.

The Olive-crowned Crescentchest is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

The Olive-crowned Crescentchest (Melanopareia maximiliani) is a species of bird in the Rhinocryptidae family. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, and Paraguay. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland. References - * BirdLife International 2004. Melanopareia maximiliani. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 26 July 2007. More

Olive-crowned Crescentchest, one of only four members of the recently created family Melanopareiidae. Photo: Anthony Collerton Our home base for two nights is the small town of Comarapa, viewed here from the road to Siberia, a region of lovely cloud forest. Our hotel in Comarapa is surprisingly nice for such a small town. We’ll experience a change of scenery—and an increase in butterfly life—as we work our way around to the Amazonian side of the mountains. More

Olive-crowned Crescentchest is easier to see than below the town in my experience, to the fields and grassland at over 3000m. This is a good area for tyrant-flycatchers and hummingbirds, including the spectacular Red-tailed Comet, while in the small patches of woodland are high Andean birds such as Scarlet-bellied Mountain-Tanager and the endemic Grey-bellied Flowerpiercer. More