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Yellow-bellied Elaenia

Elaenia flavogaster

Classification

Class
Aves

The yellow-bellied elaenia (Elaenia flavogaster) is a small bird in subfamily Elaeniinae of family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Mexico, in every Central American country, in every mainland South American country except Chile, on Trinidad and Tobago, and on several islands in the Lesser Antilles. Taxomomy and systematics The yellow-bellied elaenia was formally described in 1822 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Peter Thunberg under the binomial name Pipra flavogaster.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Brazil · 69,575Peru · 2,824