Gray-headed elaenia

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Gray-headed elaenia
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At Ubatuba, São Paulo, Brazil
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Myiopagis
Species:
M. caniceps
Binomial name
Myiopagis caniceps
(Swainson, 1835)
Synonyms
  • Serpophaga araguayae

The gray-headed elaenia or Atlantic gray elaenia (Myiopagis caniceps) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae. It is found from southeast Brazil to Bolivia, Paraguay, and northern Argentina. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest.

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Myiopagis caniceps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T103681536A93720261. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103681536A93720261.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.