Olive-crowned Crescentchest
Melanopareia maximiliani(d'Orbigny, ACVMD, 1838)
English (US) Olive-crowned Crescentchest
The Olive-crowned Crescentchest (Melanopareia maximiliani) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Melanopareiidae (Crescentchests) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Melanopareia maximiliani
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Olive-crowned Crescentchest
- Described by
- (d'Orbigny, ACVMD, 1838)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 3 subspecies for this species.
- Melanopareia maximiliani maximiliani
- Melanopareia maximiliani argentina
- Melanopareia maximiliani pallida
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Synallaxis Maximiliani
- Described by
- (d'Orbigny, ACVMD, 1838)
- Type locality
- summit of Mt. Biscachal, near Carcuata, Yungas, Bolivia.
- Original description
- Voyage dans l'Amérique Méridionale (le Brésil, la République Orientale de l'Uruguay, la République Argentine, la Patagonie, la République du Chili, la République de Bolivia, la République du Pérou), exécuté pendant les années 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832 et 1833 livr.36 p.247
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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