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 LC    Caribbean Elaenia* Id (Atlas):
    Elaenia martinica

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Caribbean Elaenia, Chinchorro Elaenia (chinchorrensis)

Family
Tyrannidae (Tyrant-flycatchers)

Size
15 - 18 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Linnaeus, 1766)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. From sea-level - 700 m.

Range (Guide)
Anguilla, Antigua And Barbuda, Aruba, Barbados, Belize, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mexico, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, St Kitts And Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and The Grenadines, USA, Virgin Islands (British) (B) (NB), Virgin Islands (U.S.) (B) (NB).

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 20,000 - 49,999 (2020).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (44)...)

 
Caribbean Elaenia (Elaenia martinica) [XC344039]
     by Arne Thelin from Bosque Estatal De Gu\u00e1nica, Puerto Rico (call, buzz call)

 
Caribbean Elaenia (Elaenia martinica) [XC9463]
     by Myornis from Quilesse Forest Reserve, west of Micoud, St. Lucia, St Lucia (call, song, songs)

Subspecies
Probably a Caribbean sister-taxon of Lesser Elaenia (Elaenia chiriquensis). Subspecies chinchorrensis considered possibly a separate species by some authors.

The following 7 subspecies are recognised:

  • remota von Berlepsch, 1907   -  Islands off Quintana Roo (Cozumel, Holbox, Meco, Mujeres, Culebra Cay), in south-eastern Mexico.
  • chinchorrensis Griscom, 1926   -  Chinchorro Bank (Great Cay), off Quintana Roo (south-eastern Mexico), and outermost cays off Belize (Half-moon Cay, Middle Cay, Glover's Reef).
  • cinerescens Ridgway, 1884   -  Islands of Old Providence, St Andrew's and Santa Catalina, east of Honduras.
  • caymanensis von Berlepsch, 1907   -  Cayman Is.
  • riisii Sclater, PL, 1860   -  Puerto Rico and offshore islands (Culebra, Culebrita, Vieques, Southwest Cay), Virgin Is, Anguilla, St Martin, St Bartholomew, Antigua and Barbuda, and Netherlands Antilles (Aruba, Curaí§ao, Bonaire).
  • martinica (Linnaeus, 1766)   -  Lesser Antilles from Saba and St Eustatius south to Grenada (probably excluding Grenadines).
  • barbadensis Cory, 1888   -  Barbados.



References
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Files:
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