Myiopagis is a genus of birds in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. These species are closely related to the genus Elaenia but are generally smaller.
Taxonomy
The genus Myiopagis was introduced in 1888 by the English naturalists Osbert Salvin and Frederick DuCane Godman with the type species as Elainea placens Sclater. This taxa is now considered to be a subspecies of the greenish elaenia (Myiopagis viridicata). The genus name Myiopagis combines the Ancient Greek μυια/muia meaning "fly" with παγις/pagis meaning "trap".
The genus contains the following 9 species:
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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
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
Neotropics
