NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Mountain Elaenia
Elaenia frantzii Lawrence, 1865
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Mountain Elaenia - Colombia_S4E2481
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Open encyclopedia reference
The mountain elaenia (Elaenia frantzii) is a small passerine bird in subfamily Elaeniinae of family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, and Venezuela.
Wikipedia contributors, Mountain elaenia; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T05:29:51.104899+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Elaenia frantzii Lawrence, 1865
- Name authority
- Lawrence, 1865
- Common name
- Mountain Elaenia
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Tyrannidae
- Genus
- Elaenia
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyTyrannidae
- genusElaenia Sundevall, 1836
- speciesElaenia frantzii Lawrence, 1865
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Elaenia. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Plain-crested ElaeniaElaenia cristata Pelzeln, 1868 | TyrannidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Yellow-bellied ElaeniaElaenia flavogaster (Thunberg, 1822) | TyrannidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Highland ElaeniaElaenia obscura (d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837) | TyrannidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sierran ElaeniaElaenia pallatangae P. L. Sclater, 1862 | TyrannidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Noronha ElaeniaElaenia ridleyana Sharpe, 1888 | TyrannidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Slaty ElaeniaElaenia strepera Cabanis, 1883 | TyrannidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lesser ElaeniaElaenia chiriquensis Lawrence, 1865 | TyrannidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Coopmans's ElaeniaElaenia brachyptera Berlepsch, 1907 | TyrannidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chilean ElaeniaElaenia chilensis Hellmayr, 1927 | TyrannidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-crested ElaeniaElaenia albiceps (d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837) | TyrannidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Great ElaeniaElaenia dayi Chapman, 1929 | TyrannidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Greater Antillean ElaeniaElaenia fallax P. L. Sclater, 1861 | TyrannidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
South America
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=559853 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:38XGK. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.