Yellow-bellied Elaenia
In the tyrant flycatcher family,
Tyrannidae...from southeast Mexico
south to northeast Argentina.
Elaenia flavogaster
(L 6.5" Wt 0.85 oz)
Anton
13Oct2016
Near Juan Hombron
13Oct2016
Elaenia is Greek for olive or olive
oil;
flavogaster in Latin means
yellow stomach
.
Perhaps by sensing changes in atmospheric
pressure, birds can perceive the approach
of major weather systems.
(Scott Weidensaul)
© David L.
Ross, Jr.
 Macaulay
Library
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