Elaenia

Elaenia is a genus of passerine birds in the tyrant flycatcher family which occur in Central and South America. Except by voice, specific identification is often difficult since many species are very similar.

Elaenia flycatchers are typically brownish, greyish or olive above, and off-white and/or pale yellow on the belly, with a white or pale yellowish eye-ring of variable strength and two or three wing bars. Some species show a crest; often with a semi-concealed white patch/streak.

Species

 * Plain-crested Elaenia, Elaenia cristata
 * Rufous-crowned Elaenia, Elaenia ruficeps
 * Mottle-backed Elaenia, Elaenia gigas
 * Highland Elaenia, Elaenia obscura
 * Great Elaenia, Elaenia dayi
 * Slaty Elaenia, Elaenia strepera
 * Large Elaenia, Elaenia spectabilis
 * Noronha Elaenia, Elaenia ridleyana
 * Brownish Elaenia, Elaenia pelzelni
 * Yellow-bellied Elaenia, Elaenia flavogaster
 * Small-billed Elaenia, Elaenia parvirostris
 * Olivaceous Elaenia, Elaenia mesoleuca
 * Lesser Elaenia, Elaenia chiriquensis
 * Coopmans's Elaenia, Elaenia brachyptera
 * Chilean Elaenia, Elaenia chilensis
 * White-crested Elaenia, Elaenia albiceps
 * Sierran Elaenia, Elaenia pallatangae
 * Sclater's Elaenia, Elaenia fallax
 * Hispaniolan Elaenia, Elaenia cherriei
 * Caribbean Elaenia, Elaenia martinica
 * Mountain Elaenia, Elaenia frantzii
 * Tepui Elaenia, Elaenia olivina