title: Great elaenia
text: # Great elaenia
  
  The great elaenia (Elaenia dayi) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is endemic and restricted mostly to the higher altitude plateau-Tepuis of Venezuela and far northern Brazil, and may also occur in Guyana.
  
  Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland.
  
  ## Subspecies
  
  Twosubspecies are recognized:
  
  * Elaenia dayi dayi – Chapman, 1929: found in southern Bolívar (Venezuela)
  * Elaenia dayi auyantepui – Zimmer & Phelps Sr., 1952: found in south-eastern Bolívar (Venezuela)
  