Typical Elaenias
Elaenia
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. They are also known by the common name elaenia, which they share with the similar tyrant flycatchers of the genus Myiopagis.
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.
22 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 22 known species
Yellow-bellied Elaenia
speciesElaenia flavogaster
White-crested Elaenia
speciesElaenia albiceps
Small-billed Elaenia
speciesElaenia parvirostris
Mountain Elaenia
speciesElaenia frantzii
Caribbean Elaenia
speciesElaenia martinica
Large Elaenia
speciesElaenia spectabilis
Lesser Elaenia
speciesElaenia chiriquensis
Plain-crested Elaenia
speciesElaenia cristata
Small-headed Elaenia
speciesElaenia sordida
Sierran Elaenia
speciesElaenia pallatangae
Olivaceous Elaenia
speciesElaenia mesoleuca
Highland Elaenia
speciesElaenia obscura
Mottle-backed Elaenia
speciesElaenia gigas
Hispaniolan Elaenia
speciesElaenia cherriei
Noronha Elaenia
speciesElaenia ridleyana
Slaty Elaenia
speciesElaenia strepera
Coopmans's Elaenia
speciesElaenia brachyptera
Rufous-crowned Elaenia
speciesElaenia ruficeps
Brownish Elaenia
speciesElaenia pelzelni
Blue Mountain Elaenia
speciesElaenia fallax
Tepui Elaenia
speciesElaenia olivina
Great Elaenia
speciesElaenia dayi
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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