Mountain Elaenia

Elaenia frantzii

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Tyrannidae
Genus
Elaenia
eBird Code
mouela1

Vocalizations

Kalvin Chan · CC_BY_4_0

Subspecies (4)

  • Elaenia frantzii browni

    northern Colombia (Santa Marta Mountains) and northern Colombia/northwestern Venezuela (Sierra de Perijá)

  • Elaenia frantzii frantzii

    volcanoes of southern Nicaragua (Mombacho and Ometepe), and mountains of Costa Rica and western and central Panama (eastward to Panamá Oeste)

  • Elaenia frantzii pudica

    Andes of Colombia and northwestern Venezuela (northward to Lara) and mountains of northern Venezuela (Falcón and Yaracuy eastward to Sucre and northern Monagas)

  • Elaenia frantzii ultima

    mountains of southern Mexico (Chiapas), Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and northwestern Nicaragua

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.