Mottle-backed Elaenia
Elaenia gigasSclater, PL, 1871
English (US) Mottle-backed Elaenia
The Mottle-backed Elaenia (Elaenia gigas) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Tyrannidae (Tyrant Flycatchers and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: tropical southeastern Colombia to eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru, and western BoliviaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Elaenia gigas
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Mottle-backed Elaenia
- Described by
- Sclater, PL, 1871
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Elainea gigas
- Described by
- Sclater, PL, 1871
- Type locality
- Rio Napo, Ecuador.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1870, pt.3 p.831
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
Other species of the family Tyrant Flycatchers and Allies
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Jamaican Elaenia
Myiopagis cotta
Greenish Elaenia
Myiopagis viridicata
Plain-crested Elaenia
Elaenia cristata
Rufous-crowned Elaenia
Elaenia ruficeps
Slaty Elaenia
Elaenia strepera
Small-headed Elaenia
Elaenia sordida
Great Elaenia
Elaenia dayi
Highland Elaenia
Elaenia obscura
Yellow-bellied Elaenia
Elaenia flavogaster
Small-billed Elaenia
Elaenia parvirostris
Brownish Elaenia
Elaenia pelzelni
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