Myiopagis

Myiopagis
Jamaican elaenia (Myiopagis cotta)
Scientific classification
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.