Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura

Plain-crested Elaenia

Elaenia cristata

The Plain-crested Elaenia (Elaenia cristata) is an 18 g scrub bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

18 g

Habitat

Shrubland

Diet

Omnivore

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

8

Recorded in Brazil, Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, Suriname, Bolivia, GF, Peru.

Where to see it: Surama EcoLodge (Guyana); Georgetown Botanical Gardens (Guyana); Route de Guatemala - Grandes pâtures (French Guiana); Peperpot Nature Park (Suriname); Refugio Los Volcanes (Bolivia).

Photo: (c) Dan Riley, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist