Myiopagis

Genus of birds

Myiopagis
Jamaican elaenia (Myiopagis cotta)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Myiopagis
Salvin & Godman, 1888
Type species
Elainea placens[1]
Sclater, 1859

Myiopagis is a genus of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. These species are closely related to the genus Elaenia but are generally smaller.

The genus contains the following 9 species:[2]

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Myiopagis caniceps Gray-headed elaenia from southeast Brazil to Bolivia, Paraguay, and northern Argentina
Myiopagis parambae Choco elaenia from eastern Panama to northwestern Ecuador
Myiopagis cinerea Amazonian elaenia Amazonia from eastern Colombia and southern Venezuela, to eastern Ecuador, northeastern Peru, and northwestern Brazil
Myiopagis cotta Jamaican elaenia Jamaica
Myiopagis flavivertex Yellow-crowned elaenia Colombia, Brazil, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Ecuador and Peru.
Myiopagis gaimardii Forest elaenia from Panama through Colombia, Venezuela and the Guianas to Bolivia and Brazil.
Myiopagis olallai Foothill elaenia Ecuador and Peru.
Myiopagis subplacens Pacific elaenia Ecuador and Peru.
Myiopagis viridicata Greenish elaenia Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, the United States, and Venezuela.

References

  1. ^ "Tyrannidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  2. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Tyrant flycatchers". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
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