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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Passeriformes

Genus
  
Elaenia

Higher classification
  
Elaenia

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Tyrannidae

Scientific name
  
Elaenia chiriquensis

Rank
  
Species

Lesser elaenia Lesser Elaenia Elaenia chiriquensis Focusing on Wildlife

Similar
  
Elaenia, Bird, Yellow tyrannulet, Plain‑crested elaenia, Tyrant flycatcher

The lesser elaenia (Elaenia chiriquensis) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers.

It is found in Argentina, Aruba, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Netherlands Antilles, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, and heavily degraded former forest.

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Subspecies

Twosubspecies are recognized:

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  • E. c. chiriquensis – Lawrence, 1865: found in Costa Rica and Panama
  • E. c. albivertex'' – Pelzeln, 1868: found in Colombia to the Guianas, Brazil and northern Argentina

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    References

    Lesser elaenia Wikipedia
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