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.

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) [XC573045]
by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from Santa Rita do Novo Destino, Goi\u00e1s, Ch\u00e1cara Jayrson, Brazil (call)

Plain-crested Elaenia (Elaenia cristata) [XC272542]
by Peter Boesman from Zanderij, Airport area, Suriname (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
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Files:

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