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title: "Elenia cienkodzioba"
description: "Elaenia chiriquensis — Ptaki. The lesser elaenia (Elaenia chiriquensis) is a species of bird in subfamily Elaeniinae of family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/lesser-elaenia
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Elenia cienkodzioba

> Elaenia chiriquensis — Ptaki. The lesser elaenia (Elaenia chiriquensis) is a species of bird in subfamily Elaeniinae of family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers.

- Scientific name: *Elaenia chiriquensis*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 722
- Wikidata: [Q603897](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q603897)
- iNaturalist taxon: [578460](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/578460)

## Names

- en: Lesser Elaenia
- de: Schlankschnabelelaenie
- es: Fiofío belicoso
- fr: Élénie menue
- nl: Kleine elenia
- pt: Chibum
- pl: Elenia cienkodzioba

## Countries with the most observations

BR (117), PA (82), CO (41), CR (18), VE (8), BO (5), GF (4)

## Summary

The lesser elaenia (Elaenia chiriquensis) is a species of bird in subfamily Elaeniinae of family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Costa Rica, Panama, on Trinidad, in every mainland South American country except Chile and Uruguay, and as a vagrant on Bonaire and Curaçao.

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

## Photo

![Elenia cienkodzioba](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/lesser-elaenia/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dario Taraborelli · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/19530551

## Machine access

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