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title: "Greenish Elaenia"
description: "Myiopagis viridicata — Birds. The greenish elaenia (Myiopagis viridicata) is a species of bird in subfamily Elaeniinae of family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/greenish-elaenia
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Greenish Elaenia

> Myiopagis viridicata — Birds. The greenish elaenia (Myiopagis viridicata) is a species of bird in subfamily Elaeniinae of family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers.

- Scientific name: *Myiopagis viridicata*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1722
- Wikidata: [Q942878](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q942878)
- iNaturalist taxon: [16892](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/16892)

## Names

- en: Greenish Elaenia
- de: Grüntyrann
- es: Mosquerito Verdoso
- fr: Élénie verdâtre
- nl: Groene elenia
- pt: Guaracava-de-crista-alaranjada
- pl: Tyranik szarogardły

## Countries with the most observations

MX (791), BR (133), CO (50), CR (47), AR (39), BZ (37), PA (37), SV (35), HN (26), EC (23), GT (19), NI (17)

## Summary

The greenish elaenia (Myiopagis viridicata) is a species of bird in subfamily Elaeniinae of family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Mexico, every Central American country, and every mainland South American country except Chile and French Guiana. It has also occurred as a vagrant in southern Texas.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenish_elaenia

## Photo

![Greenish Elaenia](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/greenish-elaenia/medium.jpg)

Photo: Hugo Hulsberg · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/119230063

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/greenish-elaenia?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).