Small-billed Elaenia (Elaenia parvirostris)

Family
Tyrannidae (Tyrant-flycatchers)

Size
14.50 - 14.70 cm

First Described (Guide)
Pelzeln, 1868

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest and shrubland, urban areas, rural gardens. From sea-level - 1,000 m, occasionally to 2,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Argentina, Aruba, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Netherlands Antilles, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay (B), Venezuela.

Breeds eastern and south-eastern Bolivia, Paraguay, southern Brazil (S�o Paulo south to Rio Grande do Sul), north-eastern Argentina (south to Buenos Aires) and Uruguay. Migrates north to Amazon Basin and as far as north-eastern Colombia, northern Venezuela, Netherlands Antilles, Trinidad and the Guianas.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (28)...)

Small-billed Elaenia (Elaenia parvirostris) [XC434819]
by Rosendo Fraga from Las Lajas, Catamarca, Argentina (song)

Small-billed Elaenia (Elaenia parvirostris) [XC687750]
by Niels Krabbe from Santiago del Estero: Destacamento Aybal, PN Copo, Argentina (call)

Subspecies
Described taxon Elaenia aenigma is a synonym for this species. Closely related to White-crested Elaenia (Elaenia albiceps), and vocalizations are very similar. It has been suggested that they are conspecific, but apparently do not hybridize across a broad area of range overlap in Argentina, although hybridization does occur in a narrow area of overlap in southern Bolivia. Reported hybridization with Olivaceous Elaenia (Elaenia mesoleuca) in south-eastern Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) is disputed by some authors.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Small-billed Elaenia (Elaenia parvirostris) - 10 files

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