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Lesser Elaenia
Elaenia chiriquensis Lawrence, 1865
Tyrannidae — Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura
Lesser Elaenia, Elaenia chiriquensis, is a passerine of the tyrant flycatcher family that breeds from Costa Rica through Middle America into South America as far as north-eastern Argentina. It was described by Lawrence in 1865. It is a small elaenia with a short, square crest, and the sexes look alike. Its range is broad but patchy, with records from Costa Rica and Panama south through much of mainland South America, and it also occurs on Trinidad.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Tyrannidae — Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura
- Breeding range
- Middle America, South America: Costa Rica to ne Argentina
