Biology:Myiopagis
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Short description: Genus of birds
| Myiopagis | |
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| Jamaican elaenia (Myiopagis cotta) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Tyrannidae |
| Genus: | Myiopagis Salvin & Godman, 1888 |
| Type species | |
| Elainea placens[1] Sclater, 1859
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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 |
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Myiopagis caniceps | Gray-headed elaenia | from southeast Brazil to Bolivia, Paraguay, and northern Argentina |
| Myiopagis parambae | Choco elaenia | from eastern Panama to northwestern Ecuador | |
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Myiopagis cinerea | Amazonian elaenia | Amazonia from eastern Colombia and southern Venezuela, to eastern Ecuador, northeastern Peru, and northwestern Brazil |
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Myiopagis cotta | Jamaican elaenia | Jamaica |
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Myiopagis flavivertex | Yellow-crowned elaenia | Colombia, Brazil, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Ecuador and Peru. |
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Myiopagis gaimardii | Forest elaenia | from Panama through Colombia, Venezuela and the Guianas to Bolivia and Brazil. |
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Myiopagis olallai | Foothill elaenia | Ecuador and Peru. |
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Myiopagis subplacens | Pacific elaenia | Ecuador and Peru. |
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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
- ↑ "Tyrannidae". The Trust for Avian Systematics. https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=107.
- ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds (2019). "Tyrant flycatchers". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/flycatchers/. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
Wikidata ☰ Q269502 entry
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