The sierran elaenia (''Elaenia pallatangae'') is a species of
bird in the family
Tyrannidae.
Distribution and habitat
It is found in
Bolivia
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,
Brazil,
Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...
,
Ecuador,
Guyana
Guyana ( or ), officially the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern mainland of South America. Guyana is an indigenous word which means "Land of Many Waters". The capital city is Georgetown. Guyana is bordered by the ...
,
Peru, and
Venezuela. Its natural
habitats are subtropical or tropical moist
montane forests and heavily degraded former forest.
Subspecies
Five
subspecies
In biological classification, subspecies is a rank below species, used for populations that live in different areas and vary in size, shape, or other physical characteristics (morphology), but that can successfully interbreed. Not all species ...
are currently recognized:
[IOC v.6.3]
* ''Elaenia pallatangae pallatangae'' –
Sclater
Philip Lutley Sclater (4 November 1829 – 27 June 1913) was an English lawyer and zoologist. In zoology, he was an expert ornithologist, and identified the main zoogeographic regions of the world. He was Secretary of the Zoological Society o ...
, 1862: found in Colombia and Ecuador
* ''Elaenia pallatangae intensa'' –
Zimmer, 1941: found in Peru
* ''Elaenia pallatangae exsul'' –
Todd
Todd or Todds may refer to:
Places
;Australia:
* Todd River, an ephemeral river
;United States:
* Todd Valley, California, also known as Todd, an unincorporated community
* Todd, Missouri, a ghost town
* Todd, North Carolina, an unincorporated ...
, 1952: found in Bolivia
* ''Elaenia pallatangae olivina'' –
Salvin & Godman, 1884: found in the tepuis of southeastern Venezuela and Guyana
* ''Elaenia pallatangae davidwillardi'' –
Dickerman & Phelps Jr, 1987: found in the tepuis of southern Venezuela
Due to the recently discovered genetic divergence of both ''E. p. olivina'' and ''E. p. davidwillardi'' from the nominate subspecies, some authorities now consider them to be a separate species, the
Tepui elaenia.
References
sierran elaenia
Birds of the Northern Andes
sierran elaenia
sierran elaenia
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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