Elaenia
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| Yellow-bellied elaenia, Elaenia flavogaster | |
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| Genus: | Elaenia Sundevall, 1836
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Elaenia is a genus of passerine birds in the tyrant flycatcher family which occur in Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central and South America. Except by voice, specific identification is often difficult since many species are very similar.
Elaenia flycatchers are typically brownish, greyish or olive above, and off-white and/or pale yellow on the belly, with a white or pale yellowish eye-ring of variable strength and two or three wing bars. Some species show a crest; often with a semi-concealed white patch/streak.
Species
- Yellow-bellied elaenia, Elaenia flavogaster
- Caribbean elaenia, Elaenia martinica
- Large elaenia, Elaenia spectabilis
- Noronha elaenia, Elaenia ridleyana
- White-crested elaenia, Elaenia albiceps
- Small-billed elaenia, Elaenia parvirostris
- Olivaceous elaenia, Elaenia mesoleuca
- Slaty elaenia, Elaenia strepera
- Mottle-backed elaenia, Elaenia gigas
- Brownish elaenia, Elaenia pelzelni
- Plain-crested elaenia, Elaenia cristata
- Lesser elaenia, Elaenia chiriquensis
- Coopman's elaenia, Elaenia brachyptera
- Rufous-crowned elaenia, Elaenia ruficeps
- Mountain elaenia, Elaenia frantzii
- Highland elaenia, Elaenia obscura
- Great elaenia, Elaenia dayi
- Sierran elaenia, Elaenia pallatangae
- Greater Antillean elaenia, Elaenia fallax
See also
- Myiopagis, another genus of tyrant flycatchers commonly known as elaenias
References
- Hilty, Steven L. (2003): Birds of Venezuela. Christopher Helm, London. ISBN 0-7136-6418-5
- Stiles, F. Gary & Skutch, Alexander Frank (1989): A guide to the birds of Costa Rica. Comistock, Ithaca. ISBN 0-8014-9600-4
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