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White-crested Elaenia (White-crested)

Elaenia albiceps [albiceps] (= Elaenia albiceps albiceps) (d'Orbigny, ACVMD; de Lafresnaye, NFAA 1837)

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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.
Species name Recordist Date Location Remarks Cat.nr.
White-crested Elaenia (White-crested) - Elaenia albiceps [albiceps Group] Niels Krabbe 2003-03-09 , Azuay (Ecuador)   -   245899
macaulaylibrary.org
White-crested Elaenia - Elaenia albiceps griseigularis Manuel Sánchez-Nivicela 2025-09-20 Rumipamba Park, DMQ, Pichincha, Quito (Ecuador) (2900 m) call, Different types of the same call -

Raspy known call and some non-raspy calls (more like a whistle)

1071165
xeno-canto.org
White-crested Elaenia - Elaenia albiceps griseigularis Manuel Sánchez-Nivicela 2025-05-31 Road to Chiriboga, Lloa, Quito MD, Pichincha, Quito (Ecuador) (2800 m) call, song -

Edited

1136429
xeno-canto.org
White-crested Elaenia - Elaenia albiceps griseigularis Mitch Lysinger 2009-05-00 Napo: 'Cabañas San Isidro', 1-2 km SW Cosanga, Napo (Ecuador) (2050 m) burred call -

Moore et al. 2013: Bird Sounds of Ecuador DVD Each interval shortened 7s

playback-used:no

260860
xeno-canto.org
White-crested Elaenia - Elaenia albiceps griseigularis Niels Krabbe 1987-06-07 Tungurahua: nw-slope V. Tungurahua, Tungurahua (Ecuador) (2850 m) burred call -

2 birds. Humid hedgerow shrubbery in pasture. Reference: 1987 2B cut 82 b-c (Elaalb18). Krabbe & Nilsson (2003) (ISBN 90-75838-06-9). Filtered version on Moore et al. (2013) (http://johnvmoorenaturerecordings.com/pubs/ECUAD/main.htm).

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

249514
xeno-canto.org
White-crested Elaenia - Elaenia albiceps griseigularis Manuel Sanchez-Nivicela 2024-09-30 Rumipamba (near Quito), Distrito Metropolitano de Quito, Pichincha, Quito (Ecuador) (2900 m) call, song, whistle and flight call-song (territorial) -

Mostly whistles and calls and territorial flight call at the end. Amplified, Noise Reduction and High Pass Filter. Spectral delete in ambulance/police sound

937002
xeno-canto.org
White-crested Elaenia - Elaenia albiceps griseigularis Paul Coopmans 1998-05-00 Pichincha: upper Chiriboga road, Pichincha & Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas (Ecuador) (3200 m) burred call -

playback-used:no

264676
xeno-canto.org
White-crested Elaenia - Elaenia albiceps griseigularis John V. Moore 1999-03-00 Loja: Celica, Loja (Ecuador) (2000 m) burred call -

Moore et al. 2013: Bird Sounds of Ecuador DVD Intervals shortened

playback-used:no

258714
xeno-canto.org
White-crested Elaenia - Elaenia albiceps griseigularis Manuel Sánchez-Nivicela 2025-06-20 Chilla, Chilla Cantón, El Oro, Atahualpa (Ecuador) (3200 m) call, song, Territorial song or response? -

2 E. albiceps "griseigularis" in territorial disputes I suppose.

1010439
xeno-canto.org
White-crested Elaenia - Elaenia albiceps albiceps Richard E. Webster 2023-10-23 below Chulina, near Charazani, La Paz, Bautista Saavedra (Bolivia) (2600 m) call, song -

exposed perch 3 m up on top of a small tree on a scrubby hillside; interval shortened at 0:33 for one more song-like vocalization;

859173
xeno-canto.org
White-crested Elaenia - Elaenia albiceps griseigularis Manuel Sánchez-Nivicela 2024-05-25 Sendero Pantzas, R.F.S. Pasochoa, Cantón Mejia, Pichincha, Mejía (Ecuador) (3100 m) call, song - [also] [sono] 1017994
xeno-canto.org
White-crested Elaenia - Elaenia albiceps griseigularis Paul Coopmans 1998-05-00 Pichincha: upper Chiriboga road, Pichincha & Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas (Ecuador) (3200 m) dawn song -

playback-used:no

264675
xeno-canto.org
White-crested Elaenia - Elaenia albiceps griseigularis Leonardo Ordóñez-Delgado 2013-10-20 PUEAR UNL, Loja. , Loja (Ecuador) (2300 m) call, song -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

157090
xeno-canto.org
White-crested Elaenia - Elaenia albiceps griseigularis Niels Krabbe 2012-03-15 Azuay: upper Yunguilla Valley, Azuay (Ecuador) (1850 m) dawn song -

Semi-humid bushy slope with patches of humid forest. Filtered version on Moore et al. (2013) (http://johnvmoorenaturerecordings.com/pubs/ECUAD/main.htm).

bird-seen:no

playback-used:no

250809
xeno-canto.org
White-crested Elaenia - Elaenia albiceps griseigularis Manuel Sanchez-Nivicela 2024-09-30 Parque Rumipamba, Distrito Metropolitano de Quito, Pichincha, Quito (Ecuador) (2900 m) call, song, call, whistle call -

Noise reduction, amplification and high passs filter applied.

937110
xeno-canto.org
White-crested Elaenia - Elaenia albiceps griseigularis Niels Krabbe 1991-04-07 Loja: 2 km E Cariamanga, Loja (Ecuador) (2300 m) whistled call -

2 ha dry secondary forest in cultivated region. Reference: XXIVA 308-311 (Elaalb3). Krabbe & Nilsson (2003) (ISBN 90-75838-06-9).

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

250318
xeno-canto.org
White-crested Elaenia - Elaenia albiceps griseigularis Niels Krabbe 1990-10-17 Cotopaxi: sw-slope Volcán Iliniza, Cotopaxi (Ecuador) (3000 m) burred call -

Hedgerows and pasture. Reference: IB 228-236 (Elaalb1). Krabbe & Nilsson (2003) (ISBN 90-75838-06-9).

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

249360
xeno-canto.org
White-crested Elaenia - Elaenia albiceps urubambae David Geale 15-02-2009 Mollebamba, Cusco, Cusco (Peru) (3300 m) Call (A) -   30082
xeno-canto.org
White-crested Elaenia - Elaenia albiceps griseigularis Niels Krabbe 1991-04-09 Loja: 2 km E Cariamanga, Loja (Ecuador) (2300 m) dawn song -

2 ha dry secondary hilltop forest in cultivated region. Reference: XXVA 38-45 (Elaalb5). Krabbe & Nilsson (2003) (ISBN 90-75838-06-9).

bird-seen:no

playback-used:no

250320
xeno-canto.org
White-crested Elaenia - Elaenia albiceps griseigularis Manuel Sánchez-Nivicela 2025-06-20 Chilla, Chilla Cantón, El Oro, Atahualpa (Ecuador) (3200 m) call, song - [sono] 1010441
xeno-canto.org
White-crested Elaenia - Elaenia albiceps griseigularis Manuel Sánchez-Nivicela 2024-10-15 Guachanama Forest Remnants, Paltas, Loja, Paltas (Ecuador) (2300 m) call, song -

Amplified and HPF applied.

1010402
xeno-canto.org
White-crested Elaenia - Elaenia albiceps griseigularis Niels Krabbe 2023-10-31 Loja: Acacana, Loja (Ecuador) (3250 m) call -

Stunted humid forest.

841818
xeno-canto.org
White-crested Elaenia (White-crested) - Elaenia albiceps [albiceps Group] Niels Krabbe 2003-02-14 , Loja (Ecuador)   -   245855
macaulaylibrary.org
White-crested Elaenia - Elaenia albiceps griseigularis Niels Krabbe 1991-04-08 Loja: 2 km E Cariamanga, Loja (Ecuador) (2300 m) dawn song -

2 ha dry secondary hilltop forest in cultivated region. Reference: XXIVB 131-137 (Elaalb4). Krabbe & Nilsson (2003) (ISBN 90-75838-06-9).

bird-seen:no

playback-used:no

250319
xeno-canto.org
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