Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura

Yellow-crowned Elaenia

Myiopagis flavivertex

The Yellow-crowned Elaenia (Myiopagis flavivertex) is a 12 g forest bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

12 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

8

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

Where to see it: Peperpot Nature Park (Suriname); Route de Guatemala - Ouest du carrefour (French Guiana); Route de Guatemala - Grandes pâtures (French Guiana); Fredberg · Zintete Lodge (Suriname); Surama EcoLodge (Guyana).

Photo: (c) Lindolfo Souto, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist