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 LC    Large Elaenia* Id (Atlas):
    Elaenia spectabilis

Description (10)
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Family
Tyrannidae (Tyrant-flycatchers)

Size
18 cm

First Described (Guide)
Pelzeln, 1868

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. From sea-level - 1,000 m.

Range (Guide)
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay (B).

Breeds east of Andes in central, southern and eastern Brazil, eastern Bolivia, northern Argentina and northern Uruguay; occurs also, probably only as non-breeding visitor, in Amazon Basin of south-eastern Colombia, eastern Peru, northern Bolivia and western Brazil.
 
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (7)...)

 
Large Elaenia (Elaenia) [XC737505]
     by Guilherme Melo Becher from Piscicultura - Goi\u00e2nia, Goi\u00e2nia, Goi\u00e1s, Brazil (call)

 
Large Elaenia (Elaenia) [XC843046]
     by Fernando Igor de Godoy from Victoria, Entre R\u00edos, Argentina (call)

Subspecies
May be closely related to Yellow-bellied Elaenia (Elaenia flavogaster) and formerly treated as conspecific, but ranges overlap widely in Brazil, and they have different voices. Sometimes considered conspecific with Noronha Elaenia (Elaenia ridleyana), but significant differences in vocalizations.

No subspecies.


References
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Files:
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