Mountain Elaenia (Elaenia frantzii) photo
A bird sitting on a small tree branch.
- Recorded 4 January 2009
- Added to IBC 3 years 12 weeks ago
- Blair Wainman
- Locality José Celestino Mutis Botanical Garden, Bogotá, Colombia (ssp pudica).
Rating
More material of this species
- 3.9Male - perched...Colombia, Oct 2011
- 3.8on a branchColombia, Jul 2011
- 3.7A bird sitting...Colombia, Jan 2009
- 3.5A bird on a br...Venezuela, Apr 2010
- 3.2Lateral view o...Venezuela, Mar 2010
- 3.2dorsal view of...Colombia, Apr 2011
Recent material by Blair Wainman
- 4.2Male - perched...Colombia, Mar 2012
- 3.8A male perched...Colombia, Mar 2012
- 3.6A male perched...Colombia, Mar 2012
- 3.8Male - perched...Colombia, Feb 2012
- 3.3An adult perch...Colombia, Feb 2012
- 3An adult perch...Colombia, Feb 2012
I have had difficulty capturing this bird. It sits in the top branches of 15 ft. broadleafed trees. Often sits totally hidden in the larger leaves, rarely sitting on open branches. Has a call similar to a Brown Thrasher.