Lesser elaenia

The lesser elaenia (Elaenia chiriquensis) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers.

Lesser elaenia
In Panama
Scientific classification
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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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]

  • Elaenia chiriquensis chiriquensis – Lawrence, 1865: found in Costa Rica and Panama
  • Elaenia chiriquensis albivertex – Pelzeln, 1868: found in Colombia to the Guianas, Brazil and northern Argentina

References
  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Elaenia chiriquensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. IOC v.6.3

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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