Small-headed elaenia

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Small-headed elaenia
Elaenia obscura Highland Elaenia.JPG
at Serra do Mar State Park, São Luiz do Paraitinga, São Paulo state, Brazil
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Elaenia
Species:
E. sordida
Binomial name
Elaenia sordida
Zimmer, 1941
Elaenia sordida map.svg

The small-headed elaenia (Elaenia sordida), also known as the Brazilian elaenia, is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in southeastern Brazil, eastern Paraguay, and northeastern Argentina.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest.

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Elaenia sordida". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T103681211A104077255. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103681211A104077255.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.