Elegant Crescentchest
Melanopareia elegans
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyMelanopareiidae (Crescentchests)
- GenusMelanopareia (Crescentchests)
- SpeciesMelanopareia elegans (Elegant Crescentchest)
Closest Relatives at Machalilla National Park
Southern House Wren
Troglodytes musculus
Scrub Blackbird
Dives warczewiczi
Blue-gray Tanager
Thraupis episcopus
Tropical Kingbird
Tyrannus melancholicus
Tropical Gnatcatcher
Polioptila plumbea
Saffron Finch
Sicalis flaveola
Gray-breasted Martin
Progne chalybea
Red-eyed Vireo
Vireo olivaceus
Thick-billed Euphonia
Euphonia laniirostris
Streaked Saltator
Saltator striatipectus
Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet
Camptostoma obsoletum
Long-tailed Mockingbird
Mimus longicaudatus
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Machalilla National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 2 | Podocarpus National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Elegant Crescentchest in Machalilla National Park?
About 17% of visitor-days record a Elegant Crescentchest sighting in Machalilla National Park, based on 153 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Elegant Crescentchest in Machalilla National Park?
April has the highest sighting rate for Elegant Crescentchest in Machalilla National Park in our monthly data.