Yellow-bellied Elaenia
Elaenia flavogaster
(L 6.25" Wt 0.84 oz)
Savegre Mountain Lodge
23Jan2022
Its spiky, white-based crest
is rarely held flattened.
is rarely held flattened.
Elaenia in Greek means
olive; flavogaster is Latin for
yellow stomach.
olive; flavogaster is Latin for
yellow stomach.
© Macaulay
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Small songbirds generally have
about 2,000 feathers, fewer in
summer and more in winter.
about 2,000 feathers, fewer in
summer and more in winter.
(David Allen Sibley)