[order] Passeriformes | [family] Tyrannidae | [latin] Elaenia chiriquensis | [UK] Lesser Elaenia | [FR] elenie menue | [DE] Grauwangen-Olivtyrann | [ES] Fiofio Belicoso | [IT] Elenia di Chiriqui | [NL] Kleine Elenia
Subspecies
| Genus | Species | subspecies | Breeding Range | Breeding Range 2 | Non Breeding Range |
| Elaenia | chiriquensis | LA | Costa Rica to ne Argentina | ||
| Elaenia | chiriquensis | albivertex | |||
| Elaenia | chiriquensis | brachyptera | |||
| Elaenia | chiriquensis | chiriquensis |
Physical charateristics
Lesser Elaenia is easily confused since it has no obvious fieldmark. It is slightly crested and sometimes shows a white crown. It has a narrow white eye-ring and 2 whitish wing-bars.
Listen to the sound of Lesser Elaenia
[audio:http://www.aviflevoland.nl/sounddb/L/Lesser Elaenia.mp3]
Copyright remark: Most sounds derived from xeno-canto
| wingspan min.: | 0 | cm | wingspan max.: | 0 | cm |
| size min.: | 13 | cm | size max.: | 14 | cm |
| incubation min.: | 14 | days | incubation max.: | 15 | days |
| fledging min.: | 15 | days | fledging max.: | 16 | days |
| broods: | 1 | eggs min.: | 1 | ||
| eggs max.: | 3 |
Range
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.
Habitat
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
Reproduction
Nest is a small cup lined with feathers, built 1-4 meter up in bush or tree. Clutch size is 2 eggs, incubated by female for about 14 days, but fed by both parents. Young fledge after about 16 days. Sometimes 2 broods.
Feeding habits
Forages at eyelevel, mostly in open land but in foliage for insects and small berries. Perch gleans for insects.
Conservation
This species has a large range, with an estimated global extent of occurrence of 7,200,000 km