Tyrant-flycatchers (Tyrannidae)

Yellow-crowned Elaenia (Myiopagis flavivertex) - HBW 9, p. 266

French: Élénie à couronne d’or German: Goldscheitel-Olivtyrann Spanish: Fiofío Coroniamarillo

Taxonomy: Elainea [sic] flavivertex P. L. Sclater, 1887, near Cachiboya, upper Ucayali, Peru.
Probably most closely related to M. viridicata. Monotypic.

Distribution: Very locally in NE & S Venezuela (NE Monagas S to Delta Amacuro, Amazonas), the Guianas, NE Ecuador (Sucumbíos, N Napo), NE Peru (E Loreto) and C Brazil along middle Amazon Basin (Amazonas E to Pará and Amapá, S to N Rondônia).