Nombre en español: Elenia de piedemonte
Nombre en ingles: Foothill Elaenia
Nombre científico: Myiopagis olallai
Familia: Tyrannidae
El fiofío submontano (Myiopagis olallai), también denominado bobito de la estribación o fío-fío submontano (en Perú), es una especie de ave paseriforme perteneciente al género Myiopagis, integrado en la familia Tyrannidae. Es nativo del noroeste de América del Sur.
Distribución y hábitat
Se distribuye en los Andes orientales del norte y sur de Ecuador (oeste de Napo y Zamora-Chinchipe) y en el centro sur del Perú (Cordillera de Vilcabamba en Ayacucho). Dos nuevas subespecies recientemente descritas se distribuyen respectivamente en el centro norte de Colombia (Antioquia) y en el oeste de Venezuela (Sierra de Perijá).
Es localmente poco común en el dosel y los bordes de selvas de estribaciones montañosas, entre los 900 y los 1300 msnm.
Foothill elaenia
The foothill elaenia (Myiopagis olallai) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae. It is found in Ecuador, Peru and Colombia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
As yet a very poorly known species in terms of its ecology and behavior, the Foothill Elaenia was only recently described, after it was famously discovered by the late Paul Coopmans, who tape-recorded an unfamiliar vocalization and swiftly realized that it must belong to an unknown species. Its specific name honors the Ecuadorian collector, Alfonso Manuel Olalla, who with his family made a staggering contribution to our knowledge of Amazonian birds, including raising awareness of the importance of major rivers to shaping biodiversity. Foothill Elaenia is a typically plumaged Myiopagis elaenia found in submontane wet forest at elevations between approximately 900 and 1500 m in the eastern foothills of the Andes, at scattered locations from Venezuela and northern Colombia south through northern and southern Ecuador to central and southern Peru.
Fuentes: Wikipedia/eBird/xeno-canto/Neotropical Birds
