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Small-headed Elaenia
Elaenia sordida Zimmer, JT, 1941
Tyrannidae — Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura
Small-headed Elaenia, Elaenia sordida, is a tyrant flycatcher of south-eastern South America, breeding in south-eastern Brazil, eastern Paraguay and north-eastern Argentina. It is a resident in most of its range. This bird lives in the undergrowth and along the edges of humid subtropical and temperate forest, and also uses secondary forest, coastal restinga, forest fragments and young regrowth. It is a large elaenia without a crest, and the sexes look alike. Its breeding season includes at least October to February, and its only known nest was a grass cup placed in a shrub fork.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Tyrannidae — Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura
- Breeding range
- South America: se Brazil, e Paraguay and ne Argentina
