Caribbean elaenia
| Caribbean elaenia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Tyrannidae |
| Genus: | Elaenia |
| Species: | E. martinica |
| Binomial name | |
| Elaenia martinica (Linnaeus, 1766) | |
The Caribbean elaenia (Elaenia martinica) is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is found in Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Barbados, Belize, Cayman Islands, Colombia (San Andrés and Providencia), Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mexico (Yucatán Peninsula), Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, the British Virgin Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Its natural habitats are tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and heavily degraded former forest.
Caribbean elaenia in southwest Puerto Rico
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Elaenia martinica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
External links
- Stamps (for Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Barbuda, Cayman Islands, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and Saint Lucia)
- Stamp photo
- Caribbean elaenia photo gallery VIREO; Photo-linked at natureserve.org
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