Mottle-backed elaenia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Tyrannidae |
Genus: | Elaenia |
Species: | E. gigas
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Binomial name | |
Elaenia gigas Sclater, PL, 1871
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The mottle-backed elaenia (Elaenia gigas) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist shrubland and heavily degraded former forest.