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:
Image Scientific name Common name Distribution Myiopagis caniceps Gray-headed elaenia from southeast Brazil to Bolivia, Paraguay, and northern Argentina Myiopagis parambae Choco elaeniafrom eastern Panama to northwestern Ecuador Myiopagis cinerea Amazonian elaeniaAmazonia 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 viridicataGreenish elaenia Neotropics
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