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Lesser or Coopmans's Elaenia

Elaenia [chiriquensis or brachyptera] (= 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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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:
  8BD2C6276DC6D37B

Avibase ID:
  avibase-8BD2C627

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/8BD2C627

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
  • Elaenia brachyptera: Pacific slope of southwestern Colombia (Nariño) and northwestern Ecuador; also east slope of the Andes of Ecuador
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Lesser or Coopmans's Elaenia
French:
Élénie menue ou É. de Berlepsch

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (1983):
Lesser Elaenia ( Elaenia chiriquensis) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 35th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 36th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 37th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 38th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 39th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 40th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 41st suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (1998):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 42nd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 43rd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 44th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 45th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 46th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 47th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 48th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 49th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 50th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 51st suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 52nd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 53rd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 54th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 55th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 56th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 57th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 58th suppl.):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Lesser or Coopmans's Elaenia ( Elaenia [chiriquensis or brachyptera])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Lesser Elaenia ( Elaenia chiriquensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Lesser Elaenia ( Elaenia chiriquensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Lesser or Coopmans's Elaenia ( Elaenia [chiriquensis or brachyptera])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
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Birdlife checklist version 00:
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Birdlife checklist version 01:
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Birdlife checklist version 02:
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Birdlife checklist version 03:
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Birdlife checklist version 04:
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Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
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Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
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Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Élénie menue ( Elaenia chiriquensis) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Élénie menue ( Elaenia chiriquensis) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
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Clements 3rd edition:
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Clements 4th edition:
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Clements 5th edition (as published):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition:
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
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Clements, version 2015:
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eBird version 1.50:
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eBird version 1.52:
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eBird version 2015:
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Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
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Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
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Morony, Bock and Farrand:
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Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Elaenia chiriquensis [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
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Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
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Sibley and Monroe (1993):
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Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
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Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
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South American Classification Committee (24/10/2003):
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South American Classification Committee (14/09/2005):
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South American Classification Committee (16/07/2006):
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South American Classification Committee (26/09/2007):
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South American Classification Committee (01/05/2008):
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South American Classification Committee (30/09/2009):
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South American Classification Committee (19/08/2010):
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South American Classification Committee (8/08/2011):
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South American Classification Committee (8/02/2012):
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South American Classification Committee (4/09/2012):
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South American Classification Committee (17/03/2013):
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South American Classification Committee (9/02/2014):
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South American Classification Committee (16/02/2015):
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Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Elaenia chiriquensis [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Elaenia chiriquensis [version 1]

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Catalan: elènia menuda
Czech: elenie malá, Tyrancík malý
Danish: Lille Elænia
German: Grauwangen-Olivtyrann, Schlankschnabelelaenie, Schlankschnabel-Elaenie
English: Bellicose Elaenia, Chiriqui Flycatcher, Lesser Elaenia, Lesser or Coopmans's Elaenia, White-crowned Flycatcher
Spanish: Elainia sabanera, Elenia Chica, Fiofío belicoso, Fio-fio Pequeño
Spanish (Argentine): Fiofío belicoso
Spanish (Colombia): Elaenia menor, Elenia Chica
Spanish (Costa Rica): Elainia sabanera
Spanish (Peru): Fío-Fío Menor
Spanish (Paraguay): Fiofío belicoso
Spanish (Venezuela): Bobito Copetón Moño Blanco
Finnish: Savannielenia
French: Élaène de Lawrence, Élénia minime, Elénie menue, Élénie menue, Élénie menue ou É. de Berlepsch, Élénie menue ou É. du Narino
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 or brachyptera], Elaenia chiriquensis, Elaenia chiriquensis chiriquensis, Elainea [sic] chiriquensis, Elainea chiriquensis
Lithuanian: Mažoji elenija
Dutch: Kleine Elenia
Norwegian: Gresselenia
Polish: elenia cienkodzioba
Portuguese: Chibum, curucutado-menor
Portuguese (Brazil): Chibum, curucutado-menor
Russian: Малая эления
Slovak: elénia štíhlozobá
Sranan: Tityari, Tyarman
Swedish: Mindre elenia
Ukrainian: Еленія мала
Chinese: 小拟霸鹟
Chinese (Traditional): 小伊拉鶲

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