Very similar to the Yellow-bellied Elaenia, but a bit smaller, a bit less yellow, and less crested. Vocal differences. Found up to 2000m. in open areas and edges of farms, often close to ground. | ||||||||||||
Note dark triangular crest and savanna habitat. | ||||||
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Usually the most common elaenia. Found in secondary/degraded forest. On nest. | ||||||
An uncrested small elaenia found from 1500 to 3200 meters, and sometimes common. From back. | ||||||
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Note small size, hidden white crown patch, three white wing bars, well defined white eye ring, and pink base to lower mandible, and lack of yellow all around. Austral migrant to northern half of South America. The similar Chilean Elaenia does not have a wing bar on lesser wing coverts (HBW). | ||||||||||||
Found in dry scrub, outside of true forest, in the sand belt part of the Amazon. | ||||||
A large elaenia that migrates into the Amazon basin during the Austral winter. Less crested than the otherwise similar but slightly smaller Yellow-bellied Elaenia. Middle wing bar forms a row of U's. | ||||||
A species from Argentina and Bolivia that can migrate all the way to Venezuela. | ||||||
