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Lesser Elaenia
Elaenia chiriquensis Lawrence, GN 1865
The lesser elaenia is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. Source: Wikipedia
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Passeriformes
Family:
Tyrannidae
Genus:
Elaenia
Scientific:
Elaenia chiriquensis
Classification
Order:Passeriformes
Family:
Tyrannidae
Genus:
Elaenia
Scientific:
Elaenia chiriquensis
Original description
Citation:
Lawrence, GN 1865
Reference:
Ann. Lyc. Nat. Hist. New York
8(1867) p.176
Protonym:
Elainea chiriquensis
Type locality:
near David, Chiriquí, New Granada [= Panama] .
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/54331#page/196/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
6AC0CC9E6A93DCDF
Avibase ID:
avibase-6AC0CC9E
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/6AC0CC9E
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 559848
Geographic range:
- Elaenia chiriquensis: dry to semi-humid scrub, riparian woodland and scrub, and savanna with scattered bushes from northwestern Costa Rica eastwards to eastern Panama (including Coiba and Pearl Islands), from northern Colombia and western Venezuela southwards in interior Colombia to the headwaters of the Rio Cauca and Rio Magdalena, east of the Andes from northern Colombia eastwards through Trinidad, the Guianas, and northeastern Brazil, southwards in eastern Brazilian Amazonia, cerrado, and Atlantic Forest (southwards to Paraná), northern Bolivia, eastern Paraguay, and (at least formerly) northeastern Argentina
- Elaenia chiriquensis chiriquensis: northwestern Costa Rica to Panama; Coiba, Cébaco, and Pearl islands
- Elaenia chiriquensis albivertex: Colombia to Trinidad and the Guianas, Brazil, and (at least formerly) northern Argentina
Source: Clements checklist
Lesser Elaenia
Bulgarian:
Малка еления
Catalan:
elènia menuda
Czech:
elenie malá
Danish:
Lille Elænia
German:
Grauwangen-Olivtyrann
Esperanto:
eta elenio
Spanish:
Fiofío Belicoso
Spanish (Spain):
Fiofío Belicoso
Finnish:
savannielenia
French:
Élénie menue
Croatian:
tamnorepa elenija
Italian:
Elenia minore
Japanese (romaji):
koshiragikutairanchou
Japanese:
コシラギクタイランチョウ
Lithuanian:
Mažoji elenija
Dutch:
Kleine Elenia
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Graselenia
Norwegian:
Gresselenia
Polish:
elenia cienkodzioba
Portuguese:
Chibum
Portuguese (Brazil):
chibum
Portuguese (Portugal):
elénia-pequena
Russian:
Малая эления
Slovak:
elénia štíhlozobá
Serbian:
Mala elenija
Swedish:
Mindre elenia
Turkish:
Küçük elenya
Ukrainian:
Еленія мала
Chinese:
小拟霸鹟
Chinese (Traditional):
小伊拉鶲
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 59th suppl.): Lesser Elaenia ( Elaenia chiriquensis) |
| American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 60th suppl.): Lesser Elaenia ( Elaenia chiriquensis) |
| American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 61st suppl.): Lesser Elaenia ( Elaenia chiriquensis) |
| American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 61st suppl. and addendum): Lesser Elaenia ( Elaenia chiriquensis) |
| American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 62nd suppl.): Lesser Elaenia ( Elaenia chiriquensis) |
| American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 63rd suppl.): Lesser Elaenia ( Elaenia chiriquensis) |
| American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 64th suppl.): Lesser Elaenia ( Elaenia chiriquensis) |
| American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 65th suppl.): Lesser Elaenia ( Elaenia chiriquensis) |
| American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 66th suppl.): Lesser Elaenia ( Elaenia chiriquensis) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Lesser Elaenia ( Elaenia chiriquensis) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Lesser Elaenia ( Elaenia chiriquensis) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Lesser Elaenia ( Elaenia chiriquensis) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Lesser Elaenia ( Elaenia chiriquensis) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Lesser Elaenia [Lesser] ( Elaenia chiriquensis [chiriquensis]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Lesser Elaenia [Lesser] ( Elaenia chiriquensis [chiriquensis]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Lesser Elaenia [Lesser] ( Elaenia chiriquensis [chiriquensis or albivertex]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Lesser Elaenia [Lesser] ( Elaenia chiriquensis) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Lesser Elaenia [Lesser] ( Elaenia chiriquensis) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Lesser Elaenia ( Elaenia chiriquensis) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Lesser Elaenia ( Elaenia chiriquensis) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Lesser Elaenia ( Elaenia chiriquensis) [version 1] |
| Avilist 2025: Lesser Elaenia ( Elaenia chiriquensis) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Lesser Elaenia ( Elaenia chiriquensis) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Lesser Elaenia ( Elaenia chiriquensis) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Lesser Elaenia ( Elaenia chiriquensis) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Lesser Elaenia ( Elaenia chiriquensis) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Lesser Elaenia ( Elaenia chiriquensis) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Lesser Elaenia ( Elaenia chiriquensis) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Lesser Elaenia ( Elaenia chiriquensis) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Lesser Elaenia ( Elaenia chiriquensis) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Lesser Elaenia ( Elaenia chiriquensis) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Lesser Elaenia ( Elaenia chiriquensis) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Lesser Elaenia ( Elaenia chiriquensis) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025): Lesser Elaenia ( Elaenia chiriquensis) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2021: Lesser Elaenia ( Elaenia chiriquensis) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2022: Lesser Elaenia ( Elaenia chiriquensis) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2023: Lesser Elaenia ( Elaenia chiriquensis) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2024: Lesser Elaenia ( Elaenia chiriquensis) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2025: Lesser Elaenia ( Elaenia chiriquensis) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2016: Lesser Elaenia ( Elaenia chiriquensis) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2017: Lesser Elaenia ( Elaenia chiriquensis) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2018: Lesser Elaenia ( Elaenia chiriquensis) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2019: Lesser Elaenia ( Elaenia chiriquensis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2016: Lesser Elaenia ( Elaenia chiriquensis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2017: Lesser Elaenia ( Elaenia chiriquensis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2018: Lesser Elaenia ( Elaenia chiriquensis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2019: Lesser Elaenia ( Elaenia chiriquensis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2021: Lesser Elaenia ( Elaenia chiriquensis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2022: Lesser Elaenia ( Elaenia chiriquensis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2023: Lesser Elaenia ( Elaenia chiriquensis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2024: Lesser Elaenia ( Elaenia chiriquensis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2025: Lesser Elaenia ( Elaenia chiriquensis) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Lesser Elaenia ( Elaenia chiriquensis) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Lesser Elaenia ( Elaenia chiriquensis) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Lesser Elaenia ( Elaenia chiriquensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Lesser Elaenia ( Elaenia chiriquensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Lesser Elaenia ( Elaenia chiriquensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Lesser Elaenia ( Elaenia chiriquensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Lesser Elaenia ( Elaenia chiriquensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Lesser Elaenia ( Elaenia chiriquensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Lesser Elaenia ( Elaenia chiriquensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Lesser Elaenia ( Elaenia chiriquensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Lesser Elaenia ( Elaenia chiriquensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Lesser Elaenia ( Elaenia chiriquensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Lesser Elaenia ( Elaenia chiriquensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Lesser Elaenia ( Elaenia chiriquensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Lesser Elaenia ( Elaenia chiriquensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Lesser Elaenia ( Elaenia chiriquensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Lesser Elaenia ( Elaenia chiriquensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Lesser Elaenia ( Elaenia chiriquensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Lesser Elaenia ( Elaenia chiriquensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Lesser Elaenia ( Elaenia chiriquensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Lesser Elaenia ( Elaenia chiriquensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Lesser Elaenia ( Elaenia chiriquensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Lesser Elaenia ( Elaenia chiriquensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1: Lesser Elaenia ( Elaenia chiriquensis) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (28/07/2016): Lesser Elaenia ( Elaenia chiriquensis) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (22/04/2017): Lesser Elaenia ( Elaenia chiriquensis) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (4/06/2018): Lesser Elaenia ( Elaenia chiriquensis) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (6/06/2019): Lesser Elaenia ( Elaenia chiriquensis) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (20/02/2020): Lesser Elaenia ( Elaenia chiriquensis) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (8/06/2020): Lesser Elaenia ( Elaenia chiriquensis) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (24/08/2021): Lesser Elaenia ( Elaenia chiriquensis) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (24/07/2022): Lesser Elaenia ( Elaenia chiriquensis) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (28/09/2023): Lesser Elaenia ( Elaenia chiriquensis) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (27/07/2024): Lesser Elaenia ( Elaenia chiriquensis) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (31/07/2025): Lesser Elaenia ( Elaenia chiriquensis) [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)
This taxon is considered a subspecies of
Elaenia [chiriquensis or brachyptera]
(sensu lato) by some authors
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Bulgarian: Малка еления
Catalan: elènia menuda
Czech: elenie malá
Danish: Lille Elænia
German: Grauwangen-Olivtyrann
English: Lesser Elaenia, Lesser Elaenia [Lesser]
English (Avilist): Lesser Elaenia
English, HBW: Lesser Elaenia
English (IOC): Lesser Elaenia
English (United States): Lesser Elaenia
Esperanto: eta elenio
Spanish: Fiofío Belicoso
Spanish (Argentine): Fiofio Belicoso, Fiofío belicoso
Spanish (Colombia): Elaenia menor
Spanish (Costa Rica): Elainia sabanera
Spanish (Ecuador): Elenia Menor
Spanish (Spain): Fiofío Belicoso
Spanish (HBW): Lesser Elaenia
Spanish (Panama): Elenia Menor
Spanish (Peru): Fío-Fío Menor
Spanish (Paraguay): Fiofío belicoso
Spanish (Venezuela): Bobito Copetón Moño Blanco
Finnish: savannielenia
French: Élénie menue, Élénie menue [chiriquensis ou albivertex]
French (Guyane): Élénie menue
Croatian: tamnorepa elenija
Italian: Elenia di Chiriquí, Elenia minore
Japanese (romaji): koshiragikutairanchou
Japanese: コシラギクタイランチョウ
Scientific: Elaenia chiriquensis, Elaenia chiriquensis [chiriquensis or albivertex], Elaenia chiriquensis [chiriquensis], Elaenia chiriquensis chiriquensis, Elainea [sic] chiriquensis, Elainea chiriquensis
Lithuanian: mažoji elenija
Dutch: Kleine Elenia
Norwegian Nynorsk: Graselenia
Norwegian: Gresselenia
Polish: elenia cienkodzioba
Portuguese: Chibum
Portuguese (Brazil): Chibum
Portuguese (Portugal): elénia-pequena
Russian: Малая эления
Slovak: elénia štíhlozobá
Serbian: Mala elenija
Swedish: Mindre elenia
Turkish: Küçük elenya
Ukrainian: Еленія мала
Chinese: 小拟霸鹟
Chinese (Traditional): 小伊拉鶲
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