| Coopmans's Elaenia Elaenia brachyptera |
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Rio Mindo, Pichincha, Ecuador Coopmans's Elaenia is distributed inn the extreme south-west of Colombia and in the north-west of Ecuador with a disjunct population on the eastern flank of the Andes in Ecuador. See the distribution map at xeno-canto. It is found in woodland and other semi-open habitats at between 700 and 2,800 metres. |
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It used to be regarded as a sub-species of Lesser Elaenia E. chiriquensis but Paul Coopmans, a Belgian ornithologist who lived in Ecuador, noticed significant differences in vocalisations. This was later confirmed by genetic differences. Sadly Paul died in 2007 at the age of 45. | |||
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