Coopmans's elaenia

Coopmans's elaenia (Elaenia brachyptera) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers.

Coopmans's elaenia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Elaenia
Species:
E. brachyptera
Binomial name
Elaenia brachyptera

It is found in southwestern Colombia and northwestern Ecuador. Until 2016, it was considered a subspecies of the Lesser Elaenia.[2] Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, and heavily degraded former forest.

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