Tyrant-flycatchers (Tyrannidae)
Lesser Elaenia (Elaenia chiriquensis) - HBW 9, p. 272
French: Élénie menue
German: Grauwangen-Olivtyrann
Spanish: Fiofío Belicoso
Other common names: Chiriqui Flycatcher
Taxonomy: Elainea [sic] chiriquensis Lawrence, 1865, near David, Chiriquí, Panama.
Probably the mainland ancestor of E. martinica. In the past was sometimes treated as conspecific with E. ridleyana, but voices very different. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- chiriquensis Lawrence, 1865 - tropical zone of SW Costa Rica and Pacific slope of W Panama (E to Canal Zone, including Coiba I and Pearl Is).
- brachyptera Berlepsch, 1907 - SW Colombia (Pacific slope in Nariño) and NW Ecuador (Imbabura, Pichincha).
- albivertex Pelzeln, 1868 - Netherlands Antilles (Aruba, Curaçao, Bonaire), Trinidad, N, C & E Colombia, Venezuela, the Guaianas, scattered localities throughout N, E & C Brazil (S to São Paulo; apparently absent from upper Amazon Basin), E Peru, N & E Bolivia, Paraguay and NW & NE Argentina.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird in a tree, calling repeatedly and flying away. Locality Saltinho Biological Reserve, Tamandaré, Pernambuco State, Brazil (ssp albivertex)
Josep del Hoyo 14 October 2008 4 years ago 23 sec 3.7 -
Two adult birds Locality Maraial, Pernambuco State, Brazil
Carlos Gussoni 17 February 2011 2 years ago 41 sec 3
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Front view of perched bird.
Locality Caracas, Distrito Capital, Venezuela (ssp albivertex)
philgunson 23 August 2009 3 years ago 3 -
Lateral view of a bird foraging in a tree
Locality Caracas, Distrito Capital, Venezuela (ssp albivertex)
Mikko Pyhälä 6 August 2009 3 years ago 3 -
Lateral view of perched bird with head turned away
Locality Venezuela (ssp albivertex)
Mikko Pyhälä 30 May 2009 3 years ago 3 -
A bird in a tree.
Locality Saltinho Biological Reserve, Tamandaré, Pernambuco State, Brazil (ssp albivertex)
Josep del Hoyo 14 October 2008 4 years ago 2.5
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Calls. Locality San Isidro de El General, Pérez Zeledón, San José Province, Costa Rica
(ssp chiriquensis)
Scott Olmstead 23 March 2010 2 years ago 3 -
calls Locality Chapada Diamantina, Bahia State, Brazil
(ssp albivertex)
Jeremy Minns 24 November 2001 3 years ago 0
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