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).
Population
Estimated population is 20,000 - 49,999 (2020).
Caribbean Elaenia (Elaenia martinica) [XC501095]
by Simon Elliott from Oistins, Christ Church, Barbados (song)
Caribbean Elaenia (Elaenia martinica) [XC9419]
by Terry Davis from Guanica Forest, Puerto Rico (call, song)
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).
BirdLife International Species Factsheet