Melanopareia torquata
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
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 |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Collared Crescentchest sighting in Chapada dos Guimarães National Park on a given day, based on 54 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 136th most-seen of the 273 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
November
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Collared Crescentchest in Chapada dos Guimarães National Park on a given day, against under 5% in July, September and December–January, the lowest months. February to April have too few records to rate.
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.
4th of 4
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Collared Crescentchest sightings, Chapada dos Guimarães National Park ranks 4th at about 10%. The best odds are in Emas National Park (Brazil, about 40%), Chapada Diamantina National Park (Brazil, about 30%) and Serra da Canastra National Park (Brazil, about 20%).
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the Collared Crescentchest that you can see in Chapada dos Guimarães National Park (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Chopí Blackbird (about 70%), Great Kiskadee (about 70%) and Rufous Hornero (about 70%), 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 dos Guimarães National Park (54 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.
