Original account 193 · seb_species_0193

Yellow-bellied Elaenia

elaenia flavogaster

Tyrannidae,Elaeninae

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15 cm. A large, widely distributed Elaenia of open woodland and scrub with a prominent crest and a less discernible white coronal patch. Above grayish olive. Wings brownish-black with 2 white wing bars and white edges to the primaries. Throat grayish-white. Breast olive-gray. Belly sulphur-yellow to white. Tail brownish-black. Most common call is a burry, descending" briiiiir, week-kree-eer" etc. Dawn song is a repeated "delee..delee..delee..deli-de-DEE" ^30, and listen to the first two tracks of this species in ^38 . Duet calls are on cut 3. Forages by upward hover gleaning from an enclosed position, perch gleaning without much sallying and hawking for insects. Also frugivorous ^74 . All /Elaenia species, as far as known, build compact, open cup nests placed on a horizontal branch ^86 . In open forest, forest edge, scrub and hedges. Occurs in dry inland areas and in the wet coastal area. Avoids dense forest. Throughout, below 1300 meters. 2685 Calls. 11<10>14<10>95, Bertioga, near Santos. Sunny, 30<91>C. Secondary woodland. With /Geothlypis aequinoctialis .: 11576 Calls. 10<10>14<10>99, Picinguaba, east of Ubatuba. Sunny, 30<91>C. Open woodland. With /Cacicus haemorrhous .: 5687 Duet. Cornell Cat 35746. Santo Amaro, Bahia, 11<10>19<10>85. With /Tapera naevia, Troglodytes aedon, Gallus domesticus . Recording by T. A. Parker, III.: 2362 Dawn song. Itirapina 11<10>17<10>95. Cloudy, 25<91>C. Open forest.: 2326 Calls, Reserva Natural del Bosque Mbaracayu, Canindeyu, Paraguay, 7<10>97. Recording by Juan M. Barnett: 11869 >:

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Structured account sections

Description

Voice

Most common call is a burry, descending" briiiiir, week-kree-eer" etc. Dawn song is a repeated "delee..delee..delee..deli-de-DEE" ^30, and listen to the first two tracks of this species in ^38 . Duet calls are on cut 3.

Behavior

Forages by upward hover gleaning from an enclosed position, perch gleaning without much sallying and hawking for insects. Also frugivorous ^74 .

Breeding

All /Elaenia species, as far as known, build compact, open cup nests placed on a horizontal branch ^86 .

Habitat and status

In open forest, forest edge, scrub and hedges. Occurs in dry inland areas and in the wet coastal area. Avoids dense forest.

Distribution

Throughout, below 1300 meters.

Structure status: heuristic; decoded_account_text and segment JSON remain authoritative

Release-specific historical evidence — the three releases remain separate; none is canonical

Release history

This work was published as three separate releases: the Disc 3 release first, the Disc 2 release later, and the Disc 1 release in 2011. Differences between them are historical release differences and are never merged.

Disc 3 in this release's bird list (aux_nonzero;local_checklist_byte45_flag_1)
Disc 2 in this release's bird list (aux_nonzero;local_checklist_byte45_flag_1)
Disc 1 (2011) in this release's bird list (aux_nonzero;local_checklist_byte45_flag_1)

The account in the Disc 1 (2011) revision

The 2011 Disc 1 revision carries this account text unchanged from the Disc 3 release.

Historical taxonomy

WORLD

elaenia flavogaster

Yellow-bellied Elaenia

Tyrannidae,Elaeninae

Tyrannulets

CLEMENTS

elaenia flavogaster

Yellow-bellied Elaenia

Tyrannidae,Elaeninae

Tyrannulets

AOU_HM

elaenia flavogaster

Yellow-bellied Elaenia

Tyrannidae,Elaeninae

Tyrannulets

Recordings

2685.wav

2685 Calls. 11<10>14<10>95, Bertioga, near Santos. Sunny, 30<91>C. Secondary woodland. With /Geothlypis aequinoctialis .

Historical relationship: account_audio; status: retained_v1_0_1; source order: 1.