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LARGE ELAENIA Elaenia spectabilis
Large Elaenia is a common summer visitor to Paraguay, though it is often overlooked because of its close resemblance to the familiar Yellow-bellied Elaenia. Despite his size he is rather shy, his quiet, unobtrusive whisling call usually the first indication of his presence - he calls often! The easiest way to identify him is by his wing-bars, this is the only large Elaenia with three!
FIGURE 1 - Adult, Encarnación, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith November 2007).
FIGURE 2 - Adult, Arroyo Mboi Kae, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith September).
FIGURE 3 - Same individual upperwing (Paul Smith September).
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Elaenia spectabilis recorded PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith March 2007). Click the link to hear the call. Longer versions of this call can be downloaded from the Paraguay page of our partner website Xeno-Canto - the largest collection of freely downloadable Neotropical bird calls available online.
