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title: "Mountain Elaenia"
description: "Elaenia frantzii — Uccelli. The mountain elaenia (Elaenia frantzii) is a small passerine bird in subfamily Elaeniinae of family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/mountain-elaenia
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Mountain Elaenia

> Elaenia frantzii — Uccelli. The mountain elaenia (Elaenia frantzii) is a small passerine bird in subfamily Elaeniinae of family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers.

- Scientific name: *Elaenia frantzii*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta), `mountains` (Montagne)
- iNaturalist observations: 1953
- Wikidata: [Q901862](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q901862)
- iNaturalist taxon: [16721](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/16721)

## Names

- en: Mountain Elaenia
- de: Nordanden-Olivtyrann
- es: Mosquero Elenia de Montaña
- fr: Élénie montagnarde
- nl: Bergelenia
- pl: Elenia górska

## Countries with the most observations

CO (603), CR (464), PA (84), HN (62), SV (23), NI (20), GT (12), VE (8), MX (6)

## Summary

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.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: russnamitz · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/359323044

## Machine access

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