Lesser elaenia

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Lesser elaenia
In Panama

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Elaenia
Species:
E. chiriquensis
Binomial name
Elaenia chiriquensis
Lawrence, 1865
Subspecies

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The lesser elaenia (Elaenia chiriquensis) is a species of

Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers
.

It is found in Argentina, Aruba, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Netherlands Antilles, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, and heavily degraded former forest.

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized:[2]

  • E. c. chiriquensisLawrence, 1865: found in Costa Rica and Panama
  • E. c. albivertexPelzeln, 1868: found in Colombia to the Guianas, Brazil and northern Argentina

References

Further reading

  • Skutch, Alexander F. (1960). "Bellicose elaenia" (PDF). Life Histories of Central American Birds II. Pacific Coast Avifauna, Number 34. Berkeley, California: Cooper Ornithological Society. pp. 307–318.

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