Great elaenia

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Great elaenia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Elaenia
Species:
E. dayi
Binomial name
Elaenia dayi
Chapman, 1929
Subspecies

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The great elaenia (Elaenia dayi) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is endemic and restricted mostly to the higher altitude plateau-Tepuis of Venezuela and far northern Brazil, and may also occur in Guyana.

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Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland.

Subspecies

Twosubspecies are recognized: [2]

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Elaenia dayi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T22699304A93725203. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22699304A93725203.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. IOC v.6.3