Tyrant-flycatchers (Tyrannidae)
Mountain Elaenia (Elaenia frantzii) - HBW 9, p. 272
French: Élénie montagnarde
German: Nordanden-Olivtyrann
Spanish: Fiofío Montano
Taxonomy: Elainea [sic] frantzii Lawrence, 1865, San José, Costa Rica.
Probably forms a superspecies, and sometimes considered conspecific, with E. obscura, possibly also including E. dayi. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- ultima Griscom, 1935 - Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador.
- frantzii Lawrence, 1865 - Nicaragua, Costa Rica and W Panama.
- pudica P. L. Sclater, 1871 - mountains of N Colombia and N Venezuela (except Santa Marta and Perijá), also through E Andes of Colombia into W Venezuela (N to Lara).
- browni Bangs, 1898 - N Colombia (Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta) and NW Venezuela (Sierra de Perijá).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird perched on a branch Locality Barva Volcano, Heredia Province, Costa Rica (ssp frantzii)
Richard Garrigues 10 February 2007 4 years ago 8 sec 3
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Male - perched in a flowering tree.
Locality José Celestino Mutis Botanical Garden, Bogotá, Colombia
Blair Wainman 7 October 2011 17 weeks ago 3.9 -
on a branch
Locality Fómeque, Cundinamarca Department, Colombia
mauricio rueda 3 July 2011 31 weeks ago 3.8 -
A bird sitting on a small tree branch.
Locality José Celestino Mutis Botanical Garden, Bogotá, Colombia (ssp pudica)
Blair Wainman 4 January 2009 2 years ago 3.7 -
A bird on a branch
Locality Caracas, Distrito Capital, Venezuela
Miguel Emmanuelli 21 April 2010 1 year ago 3.5 -
dorsal view of a bird
Locality San Sebastián-La Castellana Reserve, El Retiro, Antioquía Department, Colombia
mauricio rueda 22 April 2011 41 weeks ago 3.2 -
Lateral view of perched bird
Locality Macarao National Park, Venezuela (ssp pudica)
Mikko Pyhälä 14 March 2010 1 year ago 3.2
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Calls from a single bird Locality El Dorado Reserve, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Magdalena Department, Colombia
(ssp browni)
Bradley Davis 24 June 2007 2 years ago 3
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