Melanopareia torquata
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In 3 days ~70% in a week ~90%
The collared crescentchest (Melanopareia torquata) is a species of suboscine passerine bird in the family Melanopareiidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay. The collared crescentchest was formally described in 1831 by the German naturalist Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied under the binomial name Synallaxis torquatus. The specific epithet is Latin meaning "collared". Wied-Neuwied specified the locality as the "Campo Geral" of inner Brasil. This is the grassland on the border between the Brazilian states of Bahia and Minas Gerais. The collared crescentchest is now one of four crescentchests placed in the genus Melanopareia that was introduced in 1853 by the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach.
Three subspecies are recognised: The subspecies M. t. bitorquata has sometimes been treated as a separate species, the double-collared crescentchest. The crescentchests (genus Melanopareia) were at one time included in family Rhinocryptidae, the tapaculos. A 2010 publication confirmed... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emas National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Chapada Diamantina National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Serra da Canastra National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Chapada dos Guimarães National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Collared Crescentchest sighting in Chapada Diamantina National Park on a given day, based on 216 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 33rd most-seen of the 271 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October to December
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Collared Crescentchest in Chapada Diamantina National Park on a given day, against about 10% in April and June, the lowest months. Those are among Chapada Diamantina National Park's wettest months, with about 140 mm of rain a month against 50 mm in June.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Collared Crescentchest sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 4
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Collared Crescentchest sightings, Chapada Diamantina National Park ranks 2nd at about 30%. The best odds are in Emas National Park (Brazil, about 40%).
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the Collared Crescentchest that you can see in Chapada Diamantina National Park (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Rufous-collared Sparrow (about 60%), Pale-breasted Thrush (about 60%) and Southern House Wren (about 60%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Collared Crescentchest is recorded against all the birds logged in Chapada Diamantina National Park (216 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
