Elaenia albiceps
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In 3 days ~70% in a week ~90%
The white-crested elaenia (Elaenia albiceps) is a species of bird in subfamily Elaeniinae of family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. The white-crested elaenia was formally described in 1837 as Muscipeta albiceps by the French naturalists Alcide d'Orbigny and Frédéric de Lafresnaye. They noted that the species occurred in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, the Yungas region in Bolivia and the Tacna region of Peru. In 1925 the Austrian ornithologist Carl Eduard Hellmayr restricted the type locality to the Yungas region in Bolivia based on the provenance of the type species. The specific epithet albiceps combines the Latin albus meaning "white" with -ceps meaning "-headed". The white-crested elaenia is now placed in the genus Elaenia that was introduced in 1836 by the Swedish zoologist Carl Jakob Sundevall.
Six subspecies are recognised: Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tierra del Fuego National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 2 | Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park | 🇨🇱 Chile | |
| 3 | Nahuel Huapi National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 4 | Torres del Paine National Park | 🇨🇱 Chile | |
| 5 | Chapada dos Guimarães National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Podocarpus National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 7 | Amboró National Park | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 8 | Chapada Diamantina National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 9 | Lauca National Park | 🇨🇱 Chile | |
| 10 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Santiago | 🇨🇱 Chile | |
| 2 | Quito | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 3 | Mendoza | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 4 | Cordoba | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 5 | Arequipa | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 6 | Cochabamba | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 7 | Buenos Aires | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 8 | Montevideo | 🇺🇾 Uruguay | |
| 9 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 10 | Lima | 🇵🇪 Peru |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a White-crested Elaenia sighting in Santiago on a given day, based on 4,915 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 18th most-seen of the 110 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
December and January
In those months about 80% of wildlife watchers report a White-crested Elaenia in Santiago on a given day, against under 5% in April to August, the lowest months. Those are among Santiago's driest months, with about 10 mm of rain a month against 65 mm in June.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most White-crested Elaenia sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 10 cities where we can rate White-crested Elaenia sightings, Santiago has the highest daily chance: about 30%. Next come Quito (Ecuador, about 20%) and Mendoza (Argentina, about 10%).
Same family: Tyrannidae
The closest relatives of the White-crested Elaenia that you can see in Santiago (family Tyrannidae, Tyrant Flycatchers) are Tufted Tit-Tyrant (about 50%), Fire-eyed Diucon (about 20%) and Patagonian Tyrant (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the White-crested Elaenia is recorded against all the birds logged in Santiago (4,915 verified sightings), 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.
