Plain-crested elaenia
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Tyrannidae |
| Genus: | Elaenia |
| Species: | E. cristata
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| Elaenia cristata Pelzeln, 1868
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The plain-crested elaenia (Elaenia cristata) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.
Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland.
Subspecies[]
Two subspecies are recognized:[2]
- Elaenia cristata alticola – Zimmer & Phelps Sr., 1946: found in Venezuela and the Guianas through Brazil to southeastern Peru and Bolivia
- Elaenia cristata cristata – Pelzeln, 1868: found in Venezuela and the Guianas through Brazil to southeastern Peru and Bolivia
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Elaenia cristata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22699289A93724122. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22699289A93724122.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ IOC v.6.3
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- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Elaenia
- Birds of the Guianas
- Birds of Brazil
- Birds described in 1868
- Taxa named by August von Pelzeln
- Birds of the Amazon Basin
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