Coopmans's elaenia

Coopmans's elaenia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Tyrannidae
Genus:Elaenia
Species: E. brachyptera
Binomial name
Elaenia brachyptera

Coopmans's elaenia (Elaenia brachyptera) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers.

It is found in southwestern Colombia and northwestern Ecuador. Until 2016, it was considered a subspecies of the Lesser Elaenia.[2] Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, and heavily degraded former forest.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Elaenia brachyptera". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2016: e.T103681276A104077465. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103681276A104077465.en. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  2. AOU SACC 686
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