Latin Etymology: Elaenia ("of olive oil") frantzii (for naturalist Alexander von Frantzius)
Mountain Elaenia (Elaenia frantzii) at San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica - November 2025
Featured Subspecies: Elaenia frantzii frantzii
Weight: 14-24g / Length: 14-15cm / Wingspan: ?
NO UK STATUS / IUCN Red List: Least Concern
A small tyrant flycatcher found in cloudforests from Guatemala to Colombia. While they are flycatchers, they do consume a larger proportion of fruit in their diet than most species in tyrannidae. Their taxonomy is somewhat unresolved with the possibility of the species being split in two - one as the Central American species, one as the South American species.
Related Species:
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Elaenia
SUBSPECIES: E. f. ultima, E. f. frantzii, E. f. browni, E. f. pudica
- Sighting Locations -
Resident of forest above 1200m
- COSTA RICA 2025 TRIP: Seen at San Gerardo de Dota
Further Notes: BirdForum Opus, IUCN Red List, RSPB, Wikipedia, Xeno-canto
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