- Elaenia ridleyana
Identification
17 cm
- Dull greyish-brown upperparts
- Olive-brown head with slight crest
- Paler yellow to whitish underparts
- Dusky wings and tail
- Bold whitish wing-bars
Distribution
Ilha Fernando de Noronha (off north-eastern Brazil)
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Scrub, woodland, thickets and gardens.
Behaviour
Diet
The diet includes insects and small fruit, particularly those of the endemic tree Ficus noronhae.
Breeding
The nest placed in bare branches of a cashew nut tree and is constructed from tree fibres and twigs.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved February 2015)
- BirdLife International
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Noronha Elaenia. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 26 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Noronha_Elaenia
