Species profile
Highland Elaenia
Elaenia obscura
Quick answer
Breeding regions are SA. Breeding subregions are se Ecuador to Bolivia and nw Argentina.
- Scientific name
- Elaenia obscura
- Family
- Tyrannidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Elaenia
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Highland Elaenia in your journal
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- Amazonian Black-Tyrant (Knipolegus poecilocercus)
- Amazonian Inezia (Inezia subflava)