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GREY ELAENIA Myiopagis caniceps
Though he´s called an Elaenia, this forest species is quite distinct from the more commonly-encountered open country Elaenias. In fact behaviourally he can sometimes resemble a tyrannulet as he moves through the canopy. Furthermore Grey Elaenias are sexually dimorphic, females having a greenish mantle which is grey in males.
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Myiopagis caniceps Grey Elaenia song responding to playback recorded Aguara-Ñu, Mbaracayú Biosphere Reserve, Departamento Canindeyú (Juan Mazar Barnett January 1998).
Click the link to hear the call. Longer versions of this call can be downloaded from the Paraguay page of our partner website www.xeno-canto.com - the largest collection of freely downloadable Neotropical bird calls available online.
