Plain-crested Elaenia (Elaenia cristata)

Family
Tyrannidae (Tyrant-flycatchers)

Size
14.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
Pelzeln, 1868

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry shrubland, dry savanna. From sea-level - 1,500 m.

Range (Guide)

Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela.

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 (46)...)

Plain-crested Elaenia (Elaenia cristata) [XC417411]
by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from nascente ribeir\u00e3o Monte Santo, Rio Sono, Tocantins, Brazil (call)

Plain-crested Elaenia (Elaenia cristata) [XC81199]
by Jeremy Minns from Chapada dos Guimar\u00e3es. Road to \u00c1gua Fria., Brazil (dawn song)

Subspecies
Has been hypothesized as being closest to Rufous-crowned Elaenia (Elaenia ruficeps) on basis of nostril structure and wing formula, but the two differ greatly in plumage and behaviour.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

cristata Pelzeln, 1868 - Venezuela east of Andes, the Guianas, north, central and eastern Brazil (south to S�o Paulo; absent from western and central Amazon Basin) and extreme eastern Bolivia; isolated populations in south-eastern Colombia (Caquet�, Vaup�s), south-eastern Peru (locally in Cuzco and Madre de Dios) and extreme western Bolivia (La Paz).
alticola Zimmer, JT & Phelps, 1946 - Tepuis in south-eastern Venezuela (south-eastern Bol��var) and adjacent northern Brazil.

References
See References.

Files:

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