Tyrant-flycatchers (Tyrannidae)
Highland Elaenia (Elaenia obscura) - HBW 9, p. 273
French: Élénie obscure
German: Hochland-Olivtyrann
Spanish: Fiofío Oscuro
Taxonomy: M[uscipeta] obscura d’Orbigny and Lafresnaye, 1837, Yungas of Bolivia.
Probably forms a superspecies, and sometimes considered conspecific, with E. frantzii, possibly also including E. dayi. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- obscura (d’Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837) - E slope of Andes from S Ecuador (Azuay, Loja) S to Bolivia and NW Argentina (S to Tucumán).
- sordida J. T. Zimmer, 1941 - Brazil (S Mato Grosso do Sul E to Minas Gerais, locally to S Bahia, and S to Rio de Janeiro and Rio Grande do Sul), E Paraguay, NE Argentina and N Uruguay.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Perched on a wire Locality Tres Picos State Park, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil
Juan Sanabria 1 November 2011 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 21 sec 4.3 -
A bird in a tree, and flying away Locality Serra da Canastra, Minas Gerais State, Brazil (ssp sordida)
Josep del Hoyo 27 June 2004 6 years ago 21 sec 3.1
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Feeding on barries with Blue-and-black Tanager + Capped Conebill
Locality Machu Picchu, Cusco Department, Peru (ssp obscura)
dreyernp 1 November 2006 1 year ago 4.6
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Calls from a bird perched in a bush Locality Caraça Monastery, Caraça National Park, Minas Gerais State, Brazil
(ssp sordida)
Andrew_Davis 13 July 2004 2 years ago 4
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