Foothill elaenia

The Foothill Elaenia is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is found in Ecuador and Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss.

The Foothill elaenia is classified as Near Threatened (NT), is close to qualifying for or is likely to qualify for a threatened category in the near future.

Foothill Elaenia - Myiopagis olallai Foothill Elaenia Myiopagis olallai Rio Bombuscaro, Podocarpus NP, Zamora-Chinchipe province, Ecuador. This bird was tiny in the frame and has been blown up a lot here. I'm not sure that it is identifiable based on the features visible (it is best ID'd by voice in any case). This species was only described in the year 2000 (Coopmans, P. and N. Krabbe. 2000. More

The Foothill Elaenia (Myiopagis olallai) is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is found in Ecuador and Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss. Source - * BirdLife International 2004. Myiopagis olallai. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 26 July 2007. More

* Foothill Elaenia (Myiopagis olallai) * Pacific Elaenia (Myiopagis subplacens) * Greenish Elaenia (Myiopagis viridicata) See also - * Elaenia, the genus Elaenia, of the tyrant flycatchers Stub icon This article about a tyrant flycatcher is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.v • d • e Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia. More

Foothill Elaenia: The Foothill Elaenia (Myiopagis olallai) is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. Forest Elaenia: The Forest Elaenia, Myiopagis gaimardii, is a small passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It breeds from Panama through Colombia, Venezuela and the Guianas to Bolivia and Brazil. Great Elaenia: The Great Elaenia (Elaenia dayi) is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family, the tyrant flycatchers. More

* Foothill Elaenia (Myiopagis olallai) * Pacific Elaenia (Myiopagis subplacens) * Greenish Elaenia (Myiopagis viridicata) Elaenia Elaenia is a genus of passerine birds in the tyrant flycatcher family which occur in Central and South America. Except by voice, specific identification is often difficult since many species are very similar. More

described Foothill Elaenia (only discovered in 2000), Equatorial Graytails, and several Blue-naped Chlorophonias among a host of colorful tanagers of course! Other highlights from our time in the eastern foothills included a Black-streaked Puffbird, a pair of Blackish Nightjars, Striped & Blue-rumped Manakins, and a perched up Semicollared Hawk along the Old Loja-Zamora Road, where at the very death we found a troop of the near-endemic White-breasted Parakeet (photo) perched quietly in the treetops, just as the thought of dipping this flagship More

The Foothill Elaenia (Myiopagis olallai) is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. More

* Foothill Elaenia, Myiopagis olallai * Gray Elaenia, Myiopagis caniceps * Pacific Elaenia, Myiopagis subplacens * Yellow-crowned Elaenia, Myiopagis flavivertex * Jamaican Elaenia, Myiopagis cotta * Greenish Elaenia, Myiopagis viridicata * Gray-and-white Tyrannulet, Pseudelaenia leucospodia * Genus Elaenia More

Foothill Elaenia Myiopagis olallai 2009 IUCN Red List Category (as evaluated by BirdLife International - the official Red List Authority for birds for IUCN): Near Threatened Justification This species has a very small range, and it is known from only four locations, but there is currently no information on its population trend. More

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formally described as Foothill Elaenia Myiopagis olallai (Coopmans, P & Krabbe, N 2000. A new species of flycatcher (Tyrannidae: Myiopagis) from eastern Ecuador and eastern Peru. Wilson Bull 112: 305-312). M olallai closely resembles Grey Elaenia M caniceps and Forest Elaenia M gaimardii, but it is well differentiated vocally. More

Foothill Elaenia Myiopagis olallai Pacific Elaenia Myiopagis subplacens Yellow-crowned Elaenia Myiopagis flavivertex Greenish Elaenia Myiopagis viridicata Jamaican Elaenia Myiopagis cotta Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster Caribbean Elaenia Elaenia martinica Large Elaenia Elaenia spectabilis Noronha Elaenia Elaenia ridleyana White-crested Elaenia Elaenia albiceps Small-billed Elaenia Elaenia parvirostris Olivaceous Elaenia Elaenia mesoleuca Slaty Elaenia Elaenia strepera Mottle-backed Elaenia Elaenia gigas Brownish Elaenia Elaenia pelzelni More

Foothill Elaenia or Forest Elaenia, Amazon Iquitos, Peru = All photographs, copyright Paul Gale Flycatchers Birds of Peru GalleryOfBirds Home More

The sexually monomorphic Foothill Elaenia is similar in plumage to female Grey Elaenia (M. caniceps), but with the crown plain grey and the concealed coronal patch white. Its song is a 2 seconds trill of 14 notes per second at 4-6 kHz, rising in pitch. It may be preceded by some introductory notes. It occurs in very humid to wet primary forests of the foothills, from 890 up to 1500 m. More

visual encounters with the Foothill Elaenia and heard it again on a handful of occasions, mostly around the HQ clearing, but also along the main trail up to two stream crossings (10min) above the HQ. It really seems to be restricted to good subtropical forest in a narrow elevational belt around 1000m, which is centered right around the HQ. At times - at around 11. More

Foothill Elaenia, two of which were found hiding within two different flocks along the trail, although their distinct vocalizations gave them away and led us to them. This bird is high on the want list for visiting birders as it is so recently described that it never appeared in the field guide, only being discovered within this park a short time after publication. More

Foothill Elaenia Myiopagis olallai White-crested Elaenia Elaenia albiceps (race unknown) Sierran Elaenia Elaenia p. pallatangae Small-billed Elaenia Elaenia parvirostris Sulphur-bellied Tyrannulet Mecocerculus minor Torrent Tyrannulet Serpophaga c. cinerea Olive-striped Flycatcher Mionectes olivaceus fasciaticollis Slaty-capped Flycatcher Leptopogon s. superciliaris Ecuadorian Tyrannulet Phylloscartes gulaquizae Marble-faced Bristle-Tyrant Pogonotriccus o. ophthalmicus ((Variegated Bristle-tyrant Pogonotriccus poecilotis)) Spectacled Bristle-Tyrant Pogonotriccus orbitalis Yellow Tyrannulet Capsiempis flaveola cerulus Bronze-olive Pygmy-tyrant Pseudotriccus p. More

Foothill Elaenia (Myiopagis olallai) by Nick Athanas. More