Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
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Dutch | Witkuifelenia |
English | White-crested Elaenia |
English (United States) | White-crested Elaenia |
French | Élénie à cimier blanc |
French (France) | Élénie à cimier blanc |
German | Weißkronen-Olivtyrann |
Japanese | シラギクタイランチョウ |
Norwegian | hvitisseelenia |
Polish | elenia białoczuba |
Portuguese (Brazil) | guaracava-de-crista-branca |
Russian | Белохохлая эления |
Serbian | Beloćuba elenija |
Slovak | elénia ozdobená |
Spanish | Fiofío Crestiblanco |
Spanish (Argentina) | Fiofío Silbón |
Spanish (Chile) | Fío-fío |
Spanish (Ecuador) | Elenia Crestiblanca |
Spanish (Paraguay) | Fiofío silbón |
Spanish (Peru) | Fío-Fío de Cresta Blanca |
Spanish (Spain) | Fiofío crestiblanco |
Spanish (Uruguay) | Fiofío Silbón |
Swedish | vittofsad elenia/chilensk elenia |
Turkish | Ak Tepeli Elenya |
Ukrainian | Еленія білочуба |
White-crested Elaenia Elaenia albiceps
Version: 1.0 — Published September 10, 2009
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Breeding
Introduction
Little information. Chilensis breeds November-January in Chile, where Johnson (1967) believed that two broods usually are raised per season. Subspecies modesta is found on the breeding grounds November-June (Zimmer 1941, Schulenberg et al. 2007), but within this period, nesting probably takes place from December-January or February. The breeding seasons of the non-migratory subspecies (griseogularis, diversa, urubambae, albiceps) have not been documented.
The nest of chilensis is a small cup of plant fibers (grasses, leaves, lichens or mosses) and small twigs, with a lining of feathers or thistle-down (Johnson 1967). The nest is placed in the fork of a shrub or tree. Also, one nest was reported from a cavity (Ojeda and Trejo 2002); this is the only cavity nest reported for the genus Elaenia. The clutch is two-three eggs. The eggs are creamy-white, with a few red spots. Johnson (1967) gives dimensions of the eggs as 20.0 ± 0.24 mm x 14.9 ± 0.05 mm; the sample size for these measurements was not given. The incubation and fledging periods are not known.