Highland Elaenia (Elaenia obscura) [XC778769]
by id from Chuquisaca: Virquipampa Campamento, 14.2 km SE Padilla, Bolivia (dawn song)
Highland Elaenia (Elaenia obscura) [XC250323]
by david thorns from Loja: 2 km E Cariamanga, Ecuador (call)
Subspecies
Probably forms a superspecies, and sometimes considered conspecific, with Mountain Elaenia (Elaenia frantzii), possibly also including Great Elaenia (Elaenia dayi).
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
obscura (D'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837) - Eastern slope of Andes from southern Ecuador (Azuay, Loja) south to Bolivia and north-western Argentina (south to Tucumán).
sordida J. T. Zimmer, 1941 - Brazil (southern Mato Grosso do Sul east to Minas Gerais, locally to southern Bahia, and south to Rio de Janeiro and Rio Grande do Sul), eastern Paraguay, north-eastern Argentina and northern Uruguay. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Brazilian Elaenia (Elaenia sordida).