Elaenia Sundeval 1836 (tyrant flycatcher)

Aves - Passeriformes - Tyrannidae

Parent taxon: Tyrannidae according to G. S. Morgan 1994

Sister taxa: Arundinicola, Contopus, Empidonax, Myiarchus, Myiobius, Myiodynastes, Myiozetetes, Pitangus, Pyrocephalus, Sayornis, Tyrannus

Subtaxa: Elaenia martinica

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Ecology: volant insectivore-frugivore

Distribution: found only at Patton's Fissure, Cayman Brac (Quaternary of Cayman Islands)

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