Biology:Chilean elaenia

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Short description: Species of bird

Chilean elaenia
Elaenia albiceps.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Elaenia
Species:
E. chilensis
Binomial name
Elaenia chilensis
Hellmayr, 1927
Elaenia chilensis map.svg

The Chilean elaenia (Elaenia chilensis) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers.[1] It is found from southern Bolivia to Tierra del Fuego. It is sometimes considered a subspecies of the white-crested elaenia.

Its natural habitats are temperate forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest.

References

  1. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds (2019). "Tyrant flycatchers". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/flycatchers/. Retrieved 25 June 2019. 

Wikidata ☰ Q15906654 entry