Marañón crescentchest

The Marañón crescentchest (Melanopareia maranonica) is a species of bird in the family Melanopareiidae. It is found in the Andes of far southern Ecuador and northern Peru.

Marañón crescentchest

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Melanopareiidae
Genus: Melanopareia
Species:
M. maranonica
Binomial name
Melanopareia maranonica
Chapman, 1924

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Melanopareia maranonica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)


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