Order: Passeriformes | Family: Tyrannidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Southern Brazil
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Southern Brazil
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Chapada Dos Guimaraes, Brazil
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Southern Brazil
Status: The Plain-crested Elaenia is fairly common but has a very restricted range in Peru. It is only known to occur in the xeric middle Urubamba Valley in Cuzco and the savannah habitat of Pampas del Heath in extreme SE Peru. It also occurs in Co, Br, and Bo.
Name in Spanish: Fío-Fío de Cresta Simple.
Sub-species: Plain-crested Elaenia (Elaenia cristata cristata), Pelzeln, 1868.
Meaning of Name: Elaenia: Gr. elaineos= of olive-oil, oleaginous. cristata: L. crista= crest, plume, tuft, cristatus= crested, plumed, tufted.

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- Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum. http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 03/01/2016.