Tyrant-flycatchers (Tyrannidae)
Greenish Elaenia (Myiopagis viridicata) - HBW 9, p. 266
French: Élénie verdâtre
German: Grüntyrann
Spanish: Fiofío Verdoso
Taxonomy: Sylvia viridicata Vieillot, 1817, Paraguay.
Closely related to M. cotta, which is considered conspecific by some. Possibly also close to M. subplacens. Races pallens, zuliae and restricta differ minimally from accola, perhaps better merged with last. Ten subspecies tentatively recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- jaliscensis Nelson, 1900 - W Mexico (Nayarit and Zacatecas S to Guerrero).
- minima Nelson, 1898 - Tres Marias Is, off Nayarit (Mexico).
- placens (P. L. Sclater, 1859) - E Mexico (Veracruz S to Yucatán Peninsula, and Cozumel I), Caribbean slope of Guatemala and E Honduras.
- jaliscensis Nelson, 1900 - W Mexico (Nayarit and Zacatecas S to Guerrero).
- minima Nelson, 1898 - Tres Marias Is, off Nayarit (Mexico).
- placens (P. L. Sclater, 1859) - E Mexico (Veracruz S to Yucatán Peninsula, and Cozumel I), Caribbean slope of Guatemala and E Honduras.
- pacifica (Brodkorb, 1943) - Pacific slope from S Mexico (Chiapas) S to W Honduras.
- accola Bangs, 1902 - Nicaragua S to N & NW Colombia and NW Venezuela (Táchira).
- pallens Bangs, 1902 - N Colombia (Santa Marta region, Cundinamarca, Huila).
- zuliae J. T. Zimmer & Phelps, Sr, 1955 - foothills of Sierra de Perijá in extreme N Venezuela.
- restricta Todd, 1952 - coastal mountains and lowlands of Venezuela (E of Andes, N of Amazon Basin), also Guyana.
- implacens (P. L. Sclater, 1862) - SW Colombia (Nariño), W Ecuador (S to Loja) and extreme NW Peru.
- viridicata (Vieillot, 1817) - SE Peru, N Bolivia, SC, E & SE Brazil, Paraguay, and NW & NE Argentina (S to Tucumán, Formosa and Corrientes).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Two slow motion views of a bird, flicking its tail and flying away Locality Boa Nova, Bahia State, Brazil (ssp viridicata)
Josep del Hoyo 18 January 2005 4 years ago 9 sec 3.6 -
A bird in a tree, singing Locality Felipe Carrillo Puerto, Quintana Roo State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern) (ssp placens)
Josep del Hoyo 27 September 2006 4 years ago 19 sec 3.6 -
Foraging... Locality Candói, Paraná State, Brazil
Leonardo R. Deconto 7 April 2011 43 weeks ago 17 sec 3.3 -
A bird moving among branches. Locality Navalandia, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp pacifica)
Josep del Hoyo 7 April 2009 2 years ago 17 sec 3 -
Brief view of a bird in a tree and flying away. Locality La Soledad, Oaxaca State, Mexico (Southern)
Josep del Hoyo 16 April 2009 2 years ago 24 sec 3
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On a thorny branch
Locality Anapoima, Cundinamarca Department, Colombia
mauricio rueda 14 November 2011 12 weeks ago 3.9 -
Ventral view of a perched adult.
Locality Tasajera, Aragua State, Venezuela (ssp restricta)
philgunson 25 September 2011 19 weeks ago 3.4 -
Dorsal view of an individual foraging, seen from below.
Locality Tasajera, Aragua State, Venezuela (ssp restricta)
philgunson 25 September 2011 19 weeks ago 3.2 -
perched
Locality Tinalandia, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp implacens)
Dusan Brinkhuizen 14 November 2007 2 years ago 3
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Song recorded in gallery forest. Locality Pousada Piuval, Pantanal, Mato Grosso State, Brazil
(ssp viridicata)
Scott Olmstead 29 September 2008 2 years ago 3
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