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Table 1 Wing-bar count and some ecological parameters for all species-level lineages of Elaenia sampled

From: Habitat shifts in the evolutionary history of a Neotropical flycatcher lineage from forest and open landscapes

Taxon

Wing-bars

Movements

Appr. preferred breeding elevation [m]

Preferred spectrum of breeding habitat

E. martinica

2

sedentary

0 – 1000

Scrub to forest

E. flavogaster

2

sedentary; some Mexican populations migrate

0 – 1500

Scrub/savannah to light woodland, also riparian growth

E. spectabilis

3

austral migrant

0 – 800

Forest border and thickets, riparian growth (heavier vegetation than E. flavogaster)

E. albiceps

2

austral migrant (E. a. chilensis) and sedentary

0 – 3300

Scrub to beech forest

E. parvirostris

3

austral migrant

0 – 1000

Forest border to open areas, riparian vegetation

E. mesoleuca

2

mostly sedentary, southern populations migratory

0 – 2000

Forest, gallery forest

E. strepera

2

austral migrant

500 – 2000

Forest border, streamside vegetation

E. gigas

2

sedentary

350 – 1500

Riparian growth, clearings

E. pelzelni

3

sedentary

0 – 200

Riparian growth along Amazon, river-island habitat

E. cristata

2

mostly sedentary, some populations migratory

0 – 1500

Savannah and cerrado

E. [chiriquensis] albivertex

2

mostly sedentary, some populations migratory

0 – 2000

Scrub, cerrado, open woodland, riverine vegetation

E. [chiriquensis] brachyptera

2

sedentary

700 – 2800

Forest border to lighter woodland

E. ruficeps

2

sedentary

0 – 1400

Cerrado, savanna, white-sand formations

E. frantzii

2

sedentary, some altitudinal and latitudinal migration

750 – 3600

Forest to borders

E. [f.] fallax

2

sedentary

500 – 2000

Forest to borders

E. [f.] cherriei

2

sedentary

500 – 2000

Forest to borders

E. [o.] obscura

2

sedentary

1700 – 3000

Forest to woodland

E. [o.] sordida

2

sedentary

0 – 2000

Forest to woodland

E. dayi

2

sedentary

1800 – 2600

Forest to stunted savanna

E. [p.] pallatangae

2

sedentary

1500 – 3000

Forest border to scrub

E. [p.] olivina

2

sedentary

900 – 2400

Forest border to scrub

  1. Data from references [15, 16]