Birds of Guyana

    PASSERIFORMES: Tyrannidae (Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura)  
Genus: Elaenia (7 species, 22 worldwide)


Lesser Elaenia
Lesser Elaenia (Elaenia chiriquensis albivertex)
Altiplano Leste, Brasilia, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Rodrigo Conte   © All Rights Reserved.

Lesser Elaenia
Lesser Elaenia (Elaenia chiriquensis albivertex)
Copacabana, Antioquia, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Very similar to the Yellow-bellied Elaenia, but a bit smaller, a bit less yellow, and less crested. Vocal differences. Found up to 2000m. in open areas and edges of farms, often close to ground.

Plain-crested Elaenia
Plain-crested Elaenia (Elaenia cristata cristata)
Santana do Riacho, Minas Gerais, Brazil  
   
Photograph by João Sérgio Barros F. de Souza   © All Rights Reserved.

Note dark triangular crest and savanna habitat.

Great Elaenia
Great Elaenia (Elaenia dayi)
Venezuela  
   
Photograph by David Ascanio - www.abtbirds.com   © All Rights Reserved.



Yellow-bellied Elaenia
Yellow-bellied Elaenia (Elaenia flavogaster flavogaster)
Copacabana, Antioquia, Colombia
  Although this individual is less yellow than others, it has a larger crest than would a Lesser Elaenia.
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Usually the most common elaenia. Found in secondary/degraded forest.
On nest.

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Tepui Elaenia (Elaenia olivina)
   



Small-billed Elaenia
Small-billed Elaenia (Elaenia parvirostris)
Barlovento, Venezuela  
   
Photograph by Barlovento from Venezuela     Copyright and usage info

Small-billed Elaenia
Small-billed Elaenia (Elaenia parvirostris)
Guayaramerin, Beni, Bolivia
  Note complete eye ring.
   
Photograph by Joe Tobias   © All Rights Reserved.

Note small size, hidden white crown patch, three white wing bars, well defined white eye ring, and pink base to lower mandible, and lack of yellow all around. Austral migrant to northern half of South America. The similar Chilean Elaenia does not have a wing bar on lesser wing coverts (HBW).

Rufous-crowned Elaenia
Rufous-crowned Elaenia (Elaenia ruficeps)
Inírida, Guainía, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Found in dry scrub, outside of true forest, in the sand belt part of the Amazon.


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