Melanopareia torquata
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In 3 days ~80% 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 |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Collared Crescentchest sighting in Emas National Park on a given day, based on 121 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 42nd most-seen of the 187 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May
In that month about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Collared Crescentchest in Emas National Park on a given day, against about 30% in March, July and November, the lowest months. That is one of Emas National Park's driest months, with about 30 mm of rain against 190 mm in January. April and December–February 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.
Yes
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Collared Crescentchest sightings, Emas National Park has the highest daily chance: about 40%. Next come 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 Emas National Park (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Curl-crested Jay (about 80%), Black-throated Saltator (about 70%) and Chopí Blackbird (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 Emas National Park (121 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.
