Lesser Elaenia (Elaenia chiriquensis) | Details

Lesser Elaenia Elaenia chiriquensis

Current view: Data table and detailed info

Taxonomy

Taxonomic note
Elaenia chiriquensis and E. brachyptera (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) were previously lumped as E. chriquensis following AOU (1998 & supplements), SACC (2005 & updates), Sibley & Monroe (1990, 1993) and Stotz et al. (1996).

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2022	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2012	Not Recognised
2008	Not Recognised
2004	Not Recognised
2000	Not Recognised
1994	Not Recognised
1988	Not Recognised

Species attributes

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	low
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	15,000,000 km²	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	5000000-49999999 mature individuals	poor	suspected	2022
Population trend	stable	-	suspected	-
Generation length	2.99 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population is suspected to number 5,000,000-49,999,999 mature individuals (Partners in Flight 2022).

Trend justification: The species occurs in a variety of open and woodland habitats and appears tolerant of converted and disturbed areas (Hosner et al. 2020). Therefore, in the absence of evidence for any declines or substantial threats, the population is suspected to be stable.

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident
Argentina	extant	native	yes
Bolivia	extant	native	yes
Brazil	extant	native	yes
Colombia	extant	native	yes
Costa Rica	extant	native	yes
Ecuador	extant	native	yes
French Guiana	extant	native	yes
Guyana	extant	native	yes
Panama	extant	native	yes
Paraguay	extant	native	yes
Peru	extant	native	yes
Suriname	extant	native	yes
Trinidad and Tobago	extant	native	yes
Venezuela	extant	native	yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable Land	suitable	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Plantations	suitable	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	resident
Savanna	Dry	major	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	resident
Wetlands (inland)	Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls)	suitable	resident
Altitude	0 - 2000 m	Occasional altitudinal limits	(max) 3000 m

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Lesser Elaenia Elaenia chiriquensis. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/lesser-elaenia-elaenia-chiriquensis on 22/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 22/12/2024.