Elaenia pelzelni
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
The brownish elaenia (Elaenia pelzelni) is a species of bird in subfamily Elaeniinae of family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Peru, and possibly Colombia. The brownish elaenia is monotypic.
The brownish elaenia is about 18 cm (7.1 in) long. It is a large elaenia with no crest. The sexes have almost the same plumage. Adults have dull brownish head with lighter brown cheeks, a faint whitish eyering, and whitish lores. Males have a partially hidden white patch on the crown; females lack it. Both sexes' upperparts are plain dull brownish. Their wings are mostly dusky brown; the flight feathers have whitish edges and the tips of the coverts are pale brown. The latter show as three brownish white bars on the closed wing. Their tail is dusky brown. Their throat is white, their breast and flanks are whitish with a dingy brownish wash, their belly whitish without the wash, and their undertail coverts whitish with sometimes a slight brownish cast. Both sexes have a dark brown iris, a black maxilla, a pale pinkish mandible with a black tip, and black legs and feet.
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amacayacu National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Brownish Elaenia sighting in Amacayacu National Natural Park on a given day, based on 30 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 259th most-seen of the 436 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February–June and November–December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Brownish Elaenia in Amacayacu National Natural Park on a given day, against under 5% in January and July–October, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Brownish Elaenia sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Amacayacu National Natural Park, in our data
Amacayacu National Natural Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Brownish Elaenia sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Brownish Elaenia is recorded against all the birds logged in Amacayacu National Natural Park (30 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
