- Brownish Elaenia
Taxobox
name = Brownish Elaenia
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum =Animalia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Aves
ordo =Passeriformes
familia =Tyrannidae
genus = "Elaenia "
species = "E. pelzelni"
binomial = "Elaenia pelzelni"
binomial_authority = Berlepsch, 1907
synonyms = The Brownish Elaenia ("Elaenia pelzelni") is a species ofbird in theTyrannidae family, thetyrant flycatcher s.It is found along theAmazon Basin rivers ofBrazil ; also northernPeru and the adjacent border ofColombia ; alsoBolivia . The rivers are the Xingu, Iriri, Madeira, and Jurua of Brazil, and the Marañón of Peru.Its naturalhabitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowlandforest s.River
corridor rangeThe Brownish Elaenia is found in the central Amazon Basin, along the
Amazon River , incontiguous river corridors, about 125 km wide. Downstream in the east, the bird's range starts at the confluence of theXingu River in the south ofPará state,North Region, Brazil ; it ranges upstream on the Xingu for 700 km, then a tributary to the west of the Xingu, the Rio Iriri, for another 700 km.The next upstream tributary for the bird's range, is the
Madeira River in the Amazon Basin's southwest, Amazonas state. The range proceeds 2400 km upstream into the headwaters of the Madeira in northern Bolivia. To the west the Brownish Elaenia's range continues as the Amazon River becomes theMarañón River and proceeds to the headwaters in northern Peru; this is also along the Amazonas, Brazil-Colombia border, of about 200 km. One further tributary is home to the Brownish Elaenia, a tributary, theJurua River from the Amazon River to the southwest, of about 950 km.References
* BirdLife International 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/49838/all Elaenia pelzelni] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 25 July 2007.
External links
*State Maps with Rivers: [http://www.v-brazil.com/graphics/amazonas.gifAmazonas] ; [http://www.v-brazil.com/graphics/para.gifPará]
* [http://vireo.acnatsci.org/search.html?Form=Search&SEARCHBY=Common&KEYWORDS=brownish+elaenia&showwhat=images&AGE=All&SEX=All&ACT=All&Search=Search&VIEW=All&ORIENTATION=All&RESULTS=24 Brownish Elaenia photo gallery] VIREO
* [http://www.birding-in-peru.com/images/BirdImages/Brownish-Elaenia.jpgPhoto-Medium Res] ; [http://www.birding-in-peru.com/tumbes-iquitos.htm Article] birding-in-peru
* [http://www.andeanbirding.com/assets/images/060305_DSC0797_ochraceous_attila.jpgPhoto-Medium Res] ; [http://www.andeanbirding.com/html/western.html Article] andeanbirding
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.