Olivaceous Elaenia Elaenia mesoleuca Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (27)
- Monotypic
Peter Hosner
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated February 5, 2019
Text last updated February 5, 2019
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Маслинова еления |
| Catalan | elènia olivàcia |
| Croatian | maslinastoprsa elenija |
| Dutch | Vale elenia |
| English | Olivaceous Elaenia |
| English (AVI) | Olivaceous Elaenia |
| English (United States) | Olivaceous Elaenia |
| Finnish | viherelenia |
| French | Élénie olivâtre |
| French (Canada) | Élénie olivâtre |
| German | Schlichtolivtyrann |
| Japanese | オリーブシラギクタイランチョウ |
| Norwegian | olivenelenia |
| Polish | elenia oliwkowa |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | tuque |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Tuque |
| Russian | Оливковая эления |
| Serbian | Maslinasta elenija |
| Slovak | elénia olivová |
| Spanish | Fiofío Oliváceo |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Fiofío Oliváceo |
| Spanish (Paraguay) | Fiofío oliváceo |
| Spanish (Spain) | Fiofío oliváceo |
| Spanish (Uruguay) | Fiofío Oliváceo |
| Swedish | olivelenia |
| Turkish | Zeytuni Elenya |
| Ukrainian | Еленія оливкова |
Elaenia mesoleuca (Deppe, 1830)
PROTONYM:
[Muscicapa] mesoleuca
Deppe, 1830. Preis-Verzeichniss der Säugethiere, Vögel, Amphibien, Fische und Krebse, welche von den Herren Deppe und Schiede in Mexico gesammelt worden (etc.), p.2.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Mexico; type is labeled Montevideo, Uruguay, fide van Rossem, 1934, Trans. San Diego Soc. Nat. Hist., 7, p. 350.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- ELAENIA
- mesoleuca / mesoleucus
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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Introduction
The Olivaceous Elaenia is a nondescript small flycatcher of eastern South America. Found primarily in southeastern Brazil but also adjacent Paraguay and northeastern Argentina, the species inhabits a wide variety of forest habitats up to 2000 meters in elevation. The Olivaceous Elaenia is olive with gray-brown wings marked by yellowish wing bars and pale olive to white underparts, quite dull overall and extremely similar to the closely related Small-billed Elaenia. Small-billed Elaenia tends to live in more open areas and generally shows three pale wing bars.
Subspecies
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Olivaceous Elaenia
