Birds of Colombia - Myiopagis


Grey Elaenia (Myiopagis caniceps cinerea) Male Reserva Natural La Isla Escondida, Orito, Putumayo, Colombia
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Grey Elaenia (Myiopagis caniceps cinerea) Female Reserva Natural La Isla Escondida, Orito, Putumayo, Colombia
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Male is all grey and white, while female has a grey head and is yellow with yellow wing bars.
Possible immature male?
A strange bird that reportedly sings like a Foothill Elaenia and has more yellow than a Grey Elaenia should have.


Yellow-crowned Elaenia (Myiopagis flavivertex) Puerto Nariño, Amazonas, Colombia
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Found in varzea forest.


Forest Elaenia (Myiopagis gaimardii) Manacapuru, Amazonas, Brazil
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Note grey head and small white crown that difficult to see. Wing bars from bright yellow to very pale yellow. Bill black.


Foothill Elaenia (Myiopagis olallai) The north Colombian race looks more like a Grey Elaenia, but sings like a Foothill Elaenia.
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Foothill Elaenia (Myiopagis olallai olallai) Reserva Natural La Isla Escondida, Orito, Putumayo, Colombia
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Rare and local. Yellow with yellow wing bars and dark grey crown. Male and female alike. Note similar [Grey Elaenia] female has an all grey head, and less contrast between head/crown and body.


Greenish Elaenia (Myiopagis viridicata accola) San Jeronimo, Antioquia, Colombia
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Note short bill and no crest.