Mottle-backed Elaenia

Mottle-backed Elaenia
Mottle-backed Elaenia
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Elaenia
Species: E. gigas
Binomial name
Elaenia gigas
Sclater, 1871

The Mottle-backed Elaenia (Elaenia gigas) is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist shrubland and heavily degraded former forest.

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