Double-collared crescentchest

The double-collared crescentchest (Melanopareia bitorquata) is a species of bird in the family Melanopareiidae. It is found in eastern Bolivia, where its natural habitat is dry savanna. Considered by some taxonomists to be a subspecies of the collared crescentchest, it has been split by others on the basis of a suite of consistent morphological differences.[1][2]

Double-collared crescentchest
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Melanopareiidae
Genus: Melanopareia
Species:
M. bitorquata
Binomial name
Melanopareia bitorquata

References
  1. Lopez, Leonardo & Gonzaga, Luiz Pedreira (November 2016). "Melanopareia bitorquata (d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837) is a distinct species: An appraisal of morphological variation in the Collared Crescentchest Melanopareia torquata (zu Wied-Neuwied, 1831) (Aves: Melanopareiidae)". Zootaxa. 4193 (1): 138–150. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4193.1.6.
  2. "Species Updates". IOC World Bird List. International Ornithological Congress. Retrieved 30 May 2020.


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