Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | elènia crestablanca |
| Dutch | Witkuifelenia |
| English | White-crested Elaenia |
| English (United States) | White-crested Elaenia |
| French | Élénie à cimier blanc |
| French (France) | Élénie à cimier blanc |
| German | Weißkronen-Olivtyrann |
| Japanese | シラギクタイランチョウ |
| Norwegian | hvitisseelenia |
| Polish | elenia białoczuba |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | guaracava-de-crista-branca |
| Russian | Белохохлая эления |
| Serbian | Beloćuba elenija |
| Slovak | elénia ozdobená |
| Spanish | Fiofío Crestiblanco |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Fiofío Silbón |
| Spanish (Chile) | Fío-fío |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Elenia Crestiblanca |
| Spanish (Paraguay) | Fiofío silbón |
| Spanish (Peru) | Fío-Fío de Cresta Blanca |
| Spanish (Spain) | Fiofío crestiblanco |
| Spanish (Uruguay) | Fiofío Silbón |
| Swedish | vittofsad elenia/chilensk elenia |
| Turkish | Ak Tepeli Elenya |
| Ukrainian | Еленія білочуба |
Elaenia albiceps (d'Orbigny & de Lafresnaye, 1837)
PROTONYM:
M[uscipeta] albiceps
d'Orbigny & de Lafresnaye, 1837. Magasin de Zoologie 7 cl.2, p.47.
TYPE LOCALITY:
part, Yungas, Bolivia; types from Yungas, Bolivia, fide Hellmayr, 1925, Novit. Zool., 32, p. 28.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- ELAENIA
- albiceps
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● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
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White-crested Elaenia Elaenia albiceps Scientific name definitions
Thomas S. Schulenberg
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated September 10, 2009
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated September 10, 2009
Behavior
Introduction
Like other Elaenia, the White-crested Elaenia takes food with perch-gleans and hover-glearns.
Spacing
No information.
Sexual Behavior
Little known; presumably is monogamous, or at least socially monogamous.
Social and Interspecific Behavior
The White-crested Elaenia typically is solitary, but, at least when not breeding, may congregate with other frugivores at fruiting trees. Aggregations of up to 100 individuals have been reported during migration (Fjeldså and Krabbe 1990). Sometimes associates with mixed-species flocks.
Predation
White-crested Elaenia is a frequent prey item in the diet of Bicolored Hawk (Accipiter bicolor chilensis) at one site in southern Chile (Figueroa Rojas et al. 2004).
