Gray Elaenia - BirdForum Opus

Male on the left; female on the right
Photo by arthurgrosset
Jaqueira, Pernambuco. Brazil, March 2004

Myiopagis caniceps

Identification

12–12·5 cm
The male is all grey above and has a white crown patch which is normally concealed. The wings are black with two white wingbars and broad white edges to the tertials. Below it is pale grey moving to white on the belly.

The female has a grey crown with a yellow crown patch. Otherwise it is olive above and the wing-bars are yellowish. Underparts move from grey on the throat to yellow on the belly.

Distribution

Centra and South America
Central America: occurs only in Panama
South America: found in Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 4 subspecies^[1]:

• M. c. absita:

• Extreme eastern Panama (Darién)

• M. c. parambae:

• Tropical western Colombia and north-western Ecuador (south to western Cañar)

• M. c. cinerea:

• Eastern Colombia to eastern Ecuador, north-eastern Peru, southern Venezuela and north-westerm Brazil

• M. c. caniceps:

• Tropical south-eastern Brazil to Paraguay, southern Bolivia and northern Argentina

Habitat

Canopy and borders of humid forest.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists of insects and small fruits.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase
3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved May 2014)
4. BF Member observations

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2021) Gray Elaenia. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 29 April 2021 from https://www.birdforum.net/wiki/Gray_Elaenia

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