A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife
Project Noah Nature School
Melanopareia elegans
14.5 cm ornate brown and cream plumage with distinctive black mask. Often with a cocked tail
Dry lowland deciduous forest and scrub in NW Peru
A Peruvian endemic always found at or near ground level.
Spotted on Nov 11, 2014
Submitted on Mar 12, 2015
2 Comments
Thank you armadeus.4 This was a very engaging little bird.
Gorgeous little bird. Wonderful spotting. Thank you for sharing :)