Yellow-bellied Elaenia
Elaenia flavogaster
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyTyrannidae (Tirànids)
- GenusElaenia (Typical Elaenias)
- SpeciesElaenia flavogaster (Yellow-bellied Elaenia)
The yellow-bellied elaenia (Elaenia flavogaster) is a small bird in subfamily Elaeniinae of family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Mexico, in every Central American country, in every mainland South American country except Chile, on Trinidad and Tobago, and on several islands in the Lesser Antilles. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Amboró National Park
Small-billed Elaenia
Elaenia parvirostris
Highland Elaenia
Elaenia obscura
White-crested Elaenia
Elaenia albiceps
Lesser Elaenia
Elaenia chiriquensis
Sierran Elaenia
Elaenia pallatangae
Greater Wagtail-Tyrant
Stigmatura budytoides
Tropical Kingbird
Tyrannus melancholicus
Great Kiskadee
Pitangus sulphuratus
Pearly-vented Tody-Tyrant
Hemitriccus margaritaceiventer
Crowned Slaty Flycatcher
Empidonomus aurantioatrocristatus
White-winged Black-Tyrant
Knipolegus aterrimus
White-crested Tyrannulet
Serpophaga subcristata
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Yellow-bellied Elaenia at Amboró National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there