Mottle-backed elaenia

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Mottle-backed elaenia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Elaenia
Species:
E. gigas
Binomial name
Elaenia gigas
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The mottle-backed elaenia (Elaenia gigas) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist shrubland and heavily degraded former forest.

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Elaenia gigas". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T22699283A93723742. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22699283A93723742.en . Retrieved 11 November 2021.