Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Tyrant Flycatchers :: Plain-crested Elaenia

Plain-crested Elaenia Elaenia cristata

Described by: Pelzeln (1868)
Alternate common name(s): None known by website authors
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil - Jul, 2002 © Arthur Grosset  Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil - Jul, 2002 © Arthur Grosset  Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil - Jul, 2002 © Arthur Grosset  Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil - Jul, 2002 © Arthur Grosset  Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil - Jul, 2002 © Arthur Grosset 
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Range

Ne. to c. South America;
One main population with small populations along e. slope of Andes;
(1) Se. Venezuela (se. Bolivar) and n. Amazonian Brazil.
(2) Venezuela, Guyana, Surinam and Guiana, n., c., and e. Brazil (Bahia (Chapada Diamantina)) s. to Sao Paulo. Isolated small populations in se. Colombia (Caqueta, Vaupes), se. Peru (Cuzco and Madre de Dios) and ex. w. Bolivia (La Paz and perhaps ne. Santa Cruz).

Videos

No videos are available for this species

Sounds

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References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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