| 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 Sclater, 1859 | |
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.[1][2] This taxa is now considered to be a subspecies of the greenish elaenia (Myiopagis viridicata).[3] The genus name Myiopagis combines the Ancient Greek μυια/muia meaning "fly" with παγις/pagis meaning "trap".[4]
The genus contains the following 9 species:[3]
| 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 |
 | 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. |
.jpg) | Myiopagis olallai | Foothill elaenia | Ecuador and Peru. |
.jpg) | Myiopagis subplacens | Pacific elaenia | Ecuador and Peru. |
 | Myiopagis viridicata | Greenish elaenia | Neotropics |
References
- Salvin, Osbert; Godman, Frederick DuCane (1888). Biologia Centrali-Americana: Aves. Vol. 2. London: R.H. Porter. p. 26.
- Traylor, Melvin A. Jr, ed. (1979). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 8. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 21.
- AviList Core Team (2025). "AviList: The Global Avian Checklist, v2025". doi:10.2173/avilist.v2025. Retrieved 19 March 2026.
- Jobling, James A. "Myiopagis". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 19 March 2026.