Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura

Olivaceous Elaenia

Elaenia mesoleuca

The Olivaceous Elaenia (Elaenia mesoleuca) is an 18 g forest bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. Some populations migrate.

Family

Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

18 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Omnivore

Migration

Partial migrant

Countries recorded

4

Recorded in Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay.

Where to see it: Paso Centurión · Área General (Uruguay); PE Intervales (Brazil); Floresta Estadual Edmundo Navarro de Andrade (Brazil); PN Iguazú · Área Cataratas (Argentina); Reserva Ecológica Costanera Sur (Argentina).

Photo: (c) Luciano Massa, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist