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title: "Large Elaenia"
description: "Elaenia spectabilis — Birds. The large elaenia (Elaenia spectabilis) is a species of bird in subfamily Elaeniinae of family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/large-elaenia
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Large Elaenia

> Elaenia spectabilis — Birds. The large elaenia (Elaenia spectabilis) is a species of bird in subfamily Elaeniinae of family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers.

- Scientific name: *Elaenia spectabilis*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 791
- Wikidata: [Q841821](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q841821)
- iNaturalist taxon: [16734](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/16734)

## Names

- en: Large Elaenia
- de: Graubrustelaenie
- es: Fiofío grande
- fr: Élénie remarquable
- nl: Grote elenia
- pt: Guaracava-grande
- pl: Elenia skromna

## Countries with the most observations

BR (258), AR (252), PY (12), UY (11), BO (7), PE (6)

## Summary

The large elaenia (Elaenia spectabilis) is a species of bird in subfamily Elaeniinae of family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_elaenia

## Photo

![Large Elaenia](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/large-elaenia/medium.jpg)

Photo: Paulo Mascaretti · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/106914388

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/large-elaenia?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).