Tyrant-flycatchers (Tyrannidae)
Mottle-backed Elaenia (Elaenia gigas) - HBW 9, p. 271
French: Élénie écaillée
German: Schuppenolivtyrann
Spanish: Fiofío Gigante
Other common names: Giant Elaenia
Taxonomy: Elainea [sic] gigas P. L. Sclater, 1871, Río Napo, Ecuador.
Possibly most closely related to E. flavogaster on basis of voice, behaviour and large crest. Monotypic.
Distribution: E base of Andes from S Colombia (S from W Meta) S to W Bolivia (La Paz, Cochabamba).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird calling on a branch Locality Amazonia Lodge, Kosñipata Valley, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Madre de Dios Department, Peru (Monotypic species)
Virgilio Yábar Calderón 4 August 2004 7 years ago 9 sec 3.9 -
A bird calling Locality Amazonia Lodge, Kosñipata Valley, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Madre de Dios Department, Peru (Monotypic species)
Virgilio Yábar Calderón 4 August 2004 7 years ago 5 sec 3.2 -
A bird on top of a bush in a river island, showing its prominent, bifurcated crest Locality Sacha Lodge, Orellana Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 1 September 2007 4 years ago 20 sec 2.8 -
Two birds perched in a tree, one flycatching Locality Amazonia Lodge, Kosñipata Valley, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Madre de Dios Department, Peru
Keith Blomerley 28 November 2004 3 years ago 21 sec 2.5
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A bird perching
Locality Napo Province, Ecuador
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 10 October 2007 4 years ago 2
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