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Forest Elaenia
Nárgila Moura (© Macaulay Library)

Forest Elaenia

Myiopagis gaimardii
BirdNET IDBN07886
Taxon groupAves
iNat observations587
Image sourceMacaulay Library ML58142991
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Description wikipedia

The forest elaenia (Myiopagis gaimardii) is a small passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It breeds from Panama through Colombia, Venezuela and the Guianas to Bolivia and Brazil. It also occurs on Trinidad. This species is found in forests and the edges of mangrove swamps. The nest is a shallow cup of roots, bark and grass built in a tree. The typical clutch is two cream-coloured eggs marked with rufous and lavender. The adult forest elaenia is 12.7 cm long and weighs 12.2g. The head has a blackish crown with a partly concealed white or pale yellow central stripe, a weak whitish supercilium and white eyering. The upperparts are olive-green, and the brown wings have yellow feather edging and two yellow wing bars. The throat is whitish and the breast is greenish-yellow shading to yellow on the belly. The long narrow bill is black above and pink-based below. Sexes are similar. M. g. trinitatis, the subspecies endemic to Trinidad, is larger and has duller upper parts than mainland forms. Forest elaenias are seen alone or in pairs, perched inconspicuously or catching insects and spiders in higher levels of the foliage. They also frequently eat berries. They have a sharp pitch-weep call.

Translated Descriptions (3)

es wikipedia
El fiofío selvático,​ (Myiopagis gaimardii), también denominado elaenia o elenia selvática (en Colombia, Ecuador y Panamá), fío-fío de la selva (en Perú) o bobito de la selva (en Venezuela),​ es una especie de ave paseriforme de la familia Tyrannidae perteneciente al género Myiopagis. Es nativo del norte y centro de América del Sur y del extremo este de América Central.
nl wikipedia
De boselenia (Myiopagis gaimardii) is een zangvogel uit de familie Tyrannidae (tirannen). Deze vogel is genoemd naar de Franse ontdekkingsreiziger en natuuronderzoeker Joseph Paul Gaimard.
sv wikipedia
Skogselenia (Myiopagis gaimardii) är en fågel i familjen tyranner inom ordningen tättingar.

Common Names (32 locales)

bg Горска еления
ca elènia selvàtica
cs elenie pralesní
cy Elaenia’r goedwig
da Skovelænia
de Weißscheitel-Olivtyrann
en Forest Elaenia
es Fiofío Selvático
es_CR Elenia Selvática
es_EC Elenita Selvática
es_ES Fiofío selvático
es_MX Fiofío Selvático
es_PA Elenia Selvática
fa الینیای جنگلی
fi pikkuelenia
fr Élénie de Gaimard
hr krunata elenija
ja モリキクイタダキモドキ
lt Miškinė tironinė elenija
nl Boselenia
no skogelenia
nv Tsinyiʼ chʼiyíítʼogii yishtłizhígíí
pl tyranik leśny
pt maria-pechim
pt_PT Maria-pechim
ru Лесная эления
sk moskytár lesný
sr Šumska elenija
sv skogselenia
tr Orman Elenyası
uk Тиранець лісовий
zh-CN 林伊拉鹟

External Identifiers

iNaturalist#16884
eBirdforela1
Macaulay Libraryforela1
Xeno-CantoMyiopagis gaimardii
observation.org#73817
GBIF2482965
NCBI478612
AvibaseMyiopagis-gaimardii
BirdLife22699230