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[[Image:Small-billed_elaenia_by_nigel_lallsingh.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|nigel+lallsingh|nigel lallsingh}}<br />Orange valley, [[Trinidad]], May 2012]]
 
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==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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Wing bars are present, but may number two or three depending on wear of feathers and pose
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
 
[[Caribbean]] and [[South America]]:<br />
 
[[Caribbean]] and [[South America]]:<br />
 
'''Caribbean''': [[Netherlands Antilles]]<br />
 
'''Caribbean''': [[Netherlands Antilles]]<br />
'''South America''': winters in [[Colombia]]; [[Guyana]], [[Suriname]], [[French Guiana]], [[Ecuador]], [[Peru]], [[Bolivia]], southern [[Brazil]], [[Paraguay]], [[Uruguay]], central [[Argentina]]
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'''South America''': [[Colombia]], [[Guyana]], [[Suriname]], [[French Guiana]], [[Ecuador]], [[Peru]], [[Bolivia]], [[Brazil]], [[Paraguay]], [[Uruguay]], and central [[Argentina]]. <br />
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Breeds south of a line from Bolivia to the Atlantic about 1/5th from the southernmost point of Brazil, and found north of there as a migrant or winter guest. Vagrant in [[Trinidad]].
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
 
This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.
 
This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.
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Forests.
 
Forests.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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Similar to other ''[[:Category:Elaenia|Elaenia]]'' species
 
==References==
 
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Photo by nigel lallsingh
Orange valley, Trinidad, May 2012
Elaenia parvirostris

Identification

Wing bars are present, but may number two or three depending on wear of feathers and pose

Distribution

Caribbean and South America:
Caribbean: Netherlands Antilles
South America: Colombia, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and central Argentina.
Breeds south of a line from Bolivia to the Atlantic about 1/5th from the southernmost point of Brazil, and found north of there as a migrant or winter guest. Vagrant in Trinidad.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

Forests.

Behaviour

Similar to other Elaenia species

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
  2. Avibase

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