Large elaenia

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Large elaenia
Elaenia spectabilis.jpeg
at Brotas, São Paulo State, Brazil
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Elaenia
Species:
E. spectabilis
Binomial name
Elaenia spectabilis
Pelzeln, 1868
Elaenia spectabilis map.svg

The large elaenia (Elaenia spectabilis) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae. It is found in South America from western Amazonia to eastern Brazil and central Bolivia. [2] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and heavily degraded former forest.

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Elaenia spectabilis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T22699265A93722196. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22699265A93722196.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Tyrant flycatchers". World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 24 March 2018.