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Elaenia Parvirostris -Piraju, Sao Paulo, Brazil-8
''Elaenia'' is a genus of passerine birds in the tyrant flycatcher family which occur in Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central and South America. Except by voice, specific identification is often difficult since many species are very similar. They are also known by the common name elaenia, which they share with the similar tyrant flycatchers of the genus '' Myiopagis''. ''Elaenia'' flycatchers are typically brownish, greyish or olive above, and off-white and/or pale yellow on the belly, with a white or pale yellowish eye-ring of variable strength and two or three wing bars. Some species show a crest; often with a semi-concealed white patch/streak. Taxonomy The genus ''Elaenia'' was introduced by the Swedish zoologist Carl Jakob Sundevall in 1836. The type species was subsequently designated as the yellow-bellied elaenia. The name of the genus is from the Ancient Greek ελαινεος ''elaineos'' "of olive-oil" or "oleaginous". The genus contains 22 species: See also *'' Myio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yellow-bellied Elaenia
The yellow-bellied elaenia (''Elaenia flavogaster'') is a small bird of the tyrant flycatcher family. It breeds from southern Mexico and the Yucatán Peninsula through Central and South America as far as northern Argentina, and on Trinidad and Tobago. Description Adults are long and weigh . They have olive-brown upperparts, a white eye ring, a bushy divided crest and a white crown patch in the parting. The throat is pale and the breast greyish, with pale yellow lower underparts. The call is a nasal ''breeer'', and the song is a wheezing ''zhu-zhee-zhu-zhee''. Subspecies Four subspecies are recognized: * ''Elaenia flavogaster subpagana'' – Sclater, PL, 1860: found from southeastern Mexico to Costa Rica and on Coiba Island, Panama * ''Elaenia flavogaster pallididorsalis'' – Aldrich, 1937: found in Panama * ''Elaenia flavogaster flavogaster'' – ( Thunberg, 1822): nominate, found in Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad, and the southern Lesser Antilles, the Guianas, Brazil except ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
