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Forest Elaenia

Myiopagis gaimardii

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestCup nestTiny · 12 g
Forest Elaenia (Myiopagis gaimardii), photo 1
Photo: Diego López · CC0
Forest Elaenia (Myiopagis gaimardii), photo 2
Photo: Irene · CC0
Forest Elaenia (Myiopagis gaimardii), photo 3
Photo: Irene · CC0
Forest Elaenia (Myiopagis gaimardii), photo 4
Photo: Anthony Batista · CC BY 4.0
Forest Elaenia (Myiopagis gaimardii), photo 5
Photo: Anthony Batista · CC BY 4.0
Forest Elaenia (Myiopagis gaimardii), photo 6
Photo: Kathy Richardson · CC BY 4.0
Forest Elaenia (Myiopagis gaimardii), photo 7
Photo: Kathy Richardson · CC BY 4.0
Forest Elaenia (Myiopagis gaimardii), photo 8
Photo: Jo Roberts · CC BY 4.0
Forest Elaenia (Myiopagis gaimardii), photo 9
Photo: gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K · CC BY 2.0
Forest Elaenia (Myiopagis gaimardii), photo 10
Photo: Irene · CC0

What the Forest Elaenia sounds like

Sonogram of the Forest Elaenia: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Rosa Elena Albornoz · Song · Paracotos (near Palo Negro), Guaicaipuro, Miranda, Venezuela · CC0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Forest Elaenia: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Morona-Santiago: e-slope Cord. de Cutucú: Uuntsuants, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Forest Elaenia: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Morona-Santiago: e-slope Cord. de Cutucú: Uuntsuants, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

When to see the Forest Elaenia

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Forest Elaenia

Regular range

The map shades 12 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Brazil Panama Colombia Peru Venezuela Trinidad & Tobago Guyana Ecuador Bolivia French Guiana Suriname Paraguay

About the Forest Elaenia

The forest elaenia is a small passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It breeds from Panama through Colombia, Venezuela and the Guianas to Bolivia and Brazil. It also occurs on Trinidad.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Greenish Elaenia (Myiopagis viridicata) Greenish ElaeniaMyiopagis viridicataThe greenish elaenia is 13 to 14 cm (5.1 to 5.5 in) long and weighs 11 to 13 g (0.39 to 0.46 oz). Grey-headed Elaenia (Myiopagis caniceps) Grey-headed ElaeniaMyiopagis canicepsThe grey-headed elaenia is 12 to 14 cm (4.7 to 5.5 in) long and weighs 9.5 to 17 g (0.34 to 0.60 oz). Pacific Elaenia (Myiopagis subplacens) Pacific ElaeniaMyiopagis subplacensThe Pacific elaenia is about 14 cm (5.5 in) long; one male weighed 14.9 g (0.53 oz) and four females averaged 16.9 g (0.60 oz).

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