Olivaceous Elaenia Elaenia mesoleuca

Olivaceous Elaenia Elaenia mesoleuca

Brazilian name: Tuque

Itatiaia, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
November 2008

The Olivaceous Elaenia is distributed in south-east Brazil from southern Goiás and into northern Uruguay, north-east Argentina and eastern Paraguay. It is found in forest and forest edges up to about 2,000 metres.

It is very similar to Small -billed Elaenia E. parvirostris but is more olive on the greyish breast, rarely has white on the crown and never has a third white wing-bar on the lesser coverts. Also the white eye-ring is less pronounced.

There are recordings on xeno-canto, a distribution map from NatureServe and additional information available via Avibase. There is also a page on Wikiaves.

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