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LESSER ELAENIA Elaenia chiriquensis
One of the more distinctive of the dreaded Elaenias on account of its small size. In Paraguay its identification is further aided by the fact that it has a clear association with cerrado habitat - though oddly that isnīt the case elsewhere in its range. The Lesser Elaenia is a summer visitor to Paraguay where it breeds.
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FIGURE 1 - (FPAVE3535PH) Adult lateral, Estancia Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Paul Smith December 2009).
FIGURE 2 - (FPAVE3536PH) Same individual as (FPAVE3535PH) dorsal (Paul Smith December 2009).
FIGURE 3 - (FPAVE3537PH) Adult, Estancia Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Paul Smith November).
FIGURE 4 - (FPAVE3538PH)Same individual as (FPAVE3537PH) upperwing (Paul Smith November).
FIGURE 5 - (FPAVE3539PH) Adult, Estancia Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Derek Onley July 2010).
FIGURE 6 - (FPAVE3540PH) Same individual as (FPAVE3539PH) dorsal (Derek Onley July 2010).
FIGURE 7 - (FPAVE3541PH) Same individual as (FPAVE3539PH) ventral (Derek Onley July 2010).
VIDEO - (FPAVE3542VI) Same individual as (FPAVE3535PH) (Paul Smith December 2009).
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Elaenia chiriquensis
1 (FPAVE3543RE) whistle calls in response to playback recorded Estancia Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Paul Smith December 2009).
Click the link to hear the call. Longer versions of this call can be downloaded from the Paraguay page of our partner website Xeno-Canto - the largest collection of freely downloadable Neotropical bird calls available online.
