Myiopagis

{{Short description|Genus of birds}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| name = Myiopagis

| image = Myiopagis cotta.jpg

| image_caption = Jamaican elaenia (Myiopagis cotta)

| taxon = Myiopagis

| authority = Salvin & Godman, 1888

| type_species = Elainea placens{{cite web |url= https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=107 |title= Tyrannidae |author= |date= |website= aviansystematics.org |publisher= The Trust for Avian Systematics |access-date= 2023-07-16}}

| type_species_authority = Sclater, 1859

}}

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:{{cite web| editor1-last=Gill | editor1-first=Frank | editor1-link=Frank Gill (ornithologist) | editor2-last=Donsker | editor2-first=David | year=2019 | title=Tyrant flycatchers | work=World Bird List Version 9.2 | url=https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/flycatchers/ | publisher=International Ornithologists' Union | accessdate=27 June 2019 }}

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ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
File:Myiopagis caniceps.jpegMyiopagis canicepsGray-headed elaeniafrom southeast Brazil to Bolivia, Paraguay, and northern Argentina
Myiopagis parambaeChoco elaeniafrom eastern Panama to northwestern Ecuador
120pxMyiopagis cinereaAmazonian elaeniaAmazonia from eastern Colombia and southern Venezuela, to eastern Ecuador, northeastern Peru, and northwestern Brazil
120pxMyiopagis cottaJamaican elaeniaJamaica
120pxMyiopagis flavivertexYellow-crowned elaeniaColombia, Brazil, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Ecuador and Peru.
120pxMyiopagis gaimardiiForest elaeniafrom Panama through Colombia, Venezuela and the Guianas to Bolivia and Brazil.
120pxMyiopagis olallaiFoothill elaeniaEcuador and Peru.
120pxMyiopagis subplacensPacific elaeniaEcuador and Peru.
120pxMyiopagis viridicataGreenish elaeniaArgentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, the United States, and Venezuela.

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