Elaenia parvirostris
Silhouette: Edwin Price · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~70% in a week >90%
The small-billed elaenia (Elaenia parvirostris) is a species of bird in subfamily Elaeniinae of family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in every mainland South American country except Chile, plus Aruba and Trinidad.
The small-billed elaenia is monotypic. The small-billed elaenia is 13 to 15 cm (5.1 to 5.9 in) long. It is a small elaenia without a crest. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a bright olive-green crown with a partially visible white stripe in the middle. They have whitish lores and a thin but distinct white eyering. Their upperparts are bright olive-green. Their wings are dusky with whitish tips on the coverts that show as three wing bars. Their flight feathers have narrow whitish edges.The Small-billed elaenia features a short, stubby beak with a slightly curved upper mandible that is perfectly adapted for snatching insects and plucking small berries. Its bill is notably smaller and more delicate than those of other similar flycatchers, serving as a key identifying feature for birdwatchers in South America. Their tail is dusky. Their throat is gray, their breast a slightly darker gray with sometimes... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | El Palmar National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 2 | El Impenetrable National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 3 | Iberá National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 4 | Chapada dos Guimarães National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Anavilhanas National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Amacayacu National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 7 | Amboró National Park | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 8 | Sierra de la Macarena National Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 9 | Henri Pittier National Park | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 10 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 11 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 12 | Caroni Swamp | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | |
| 13 | Serra da Canastra National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 14 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 15 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 16 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 17 | Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Montevideo | 🇺🇾 Uruguay | |
| 2 | Buenos Aires | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 3 | Curitiba | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Rosario | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 5 | Porto Alegre | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Cordoba | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 7 | Santa Cruz de la Sierra | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 8 | Asuncion | 🇵🇾 Paraguay | |
| 9 | Quito | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 10 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Small-billed Elaenia sighting in El Palmar National Park on a given day, based on 136 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 40th most-seen of the 151 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
December to February
In those months about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Small-billed Elaenia in El Palmar National Park on a given day, against about 10% in August, the lowest month.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Small-billed 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.
Yes
Of the 17 parks where we can rate Small-billed Elaenia sightings, El Palmar National Park has the highest daily chance: about 40%. Next come El Impenetrable National Park (Argentina, about 20%) and Iberá National Park (Argentina, about 10%).
Same family: Tyrannidae
The closest relatives of the Small-billed Elaenia that you can see in El Palmar National Park (family Tyrannidae, Tyrant Flycatchers) are Cattle Tyrant (about 60%), Great Kiskadee (about 50%) and Tropical Kingbird (about 50%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Small-billed Elaenia is recorded against all the birds logged in El Palmar National Park (136 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.
