Listen to the Marañón crescentchest
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About the Marañón crescentchest
The Marañón crescentchest is a bird in the family Melanopareiidae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”.
What does the Marañón crescentchest sound like?
Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
The recordings here are labelled as call. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The Marañón crescentchest (Melanopareia maranonica) is a species of bird in the family Melanopareiidae. It is found in southern Ecuador and northern Peru.
Frequently asked questions
What does a Marañón crescentchest sound like?
You can hear 1 recording of the Marañón crescentchest on this page, including its call. Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
Is the Marañón crescentchest endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Marañón crescentchest as “least concern”.
What family does the Marañón crescentchest belong to?
The Marañón crescentchest (Melanopareia maranonica) belongs to the family Melanopareiidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Call · Zamora-Chinchipe: SE Zumba: turnoff to Chito on La Chonta… by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q1269505 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Marañón crescentchest – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by (c) Thibaud Aronson, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) – CC BY-SA 4.0