Mountain Elaenia (Elaenia frantzii) [XC222693]
by Niels Krabbe from Colonia Tovar area, Aragua, Venezuela (call)
Mountain Elaenia (Elaenia frantzii) [XC586672]
by Marcela Morales s\u00e1nchez from Bogot\u00e1, Cerros orientales, Pico \u00c1guila, Senderos NE a SE de Monserrate, Colombia (call, song)
Subspecies
Probably forms a superspecies, and sometimes considered conspecific, with Highland Elaenia (Elaenia obscura), possibly also including Great Elaenia (Elaenia dayi).
The following 4 subspecies are recognised:
ultima Griscom, 1935 - Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador.
frantzii Lawrence, 1865 - Nicaragua, Costa Rica and western Panama.
pudica Sclater, PL, 1871 - Mountains of northern Colombia and northern Venezuela (except Santa Marta and Perijá), also through eastern Andes of Colombia into western Venezuela (north to Lara).
browni Bangs, 1898 - Northern Colombia (Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta) and north-western Venezuela (Sierra de Perijá).