Coopmans's elaenia (Elaenia brachyptera) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers.
| Coopmans's elaenia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Tyrannidae |
| Genus: | Elaenia |
| Species: | E. brachyptera |
| Binomial name | |
| Elaenia brachyptera von Berlepsch, 1907 | |
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It is found in southwestern Colombia and northwestern Ecuador. Until 2016, it was considered a subspecies of the Lesser Elaenia. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, and heavily degraded former forest.
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