Chilean elaenia

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Chilean elaenia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Elaenia
Species:
E. chilensis
Binomial name
Elaenia chilensis
Hellmayr, 1927

The Chilean elaenia (Elaenia chilensis) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers.[1] It is found from southern Bolivia to Tierra del Fuego. It is sometimes considered a subspecies of the white-crested elaenia.

Its natural habitats are temperate forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Tyrant flycatchers". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 25 June 2019.