The Greater Antillean elaenia (''Elaenia fallax'') is a species of
bird in the family
Tyrannidae. It is found on
Hispaniola
Hispaniola (, also ; es, La Española; Latin and french: Hispaniola; ht, Ispayola; tnq, Ayiti or Quisqueya) is an island in the Caribbean that is part of the Greater Antilles. Hispaniola is the most populous island in the West Indies, and th ...
(
Dominican Republic and
Haiti
Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and ...
) and
Jamaica.
Its natural
habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland
forests and subtropical or tropical moist
montane forests.
Subspecies
Two
subspecies
In biological classification, subspecies is a rank below species, used for populations that live in different areas and vary in size, shape, or other physical characteristics (morphology), but that can successfully interbreed. Not all species ...
are currently recognized. As they have deep genetic divergence and differing vocalizations, they may be candidates for future species splits:
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* ''Elaenia fallax fallax'' –
Sclater
Philip Lutley Sclater (4 November 1829 – 27 June 1913) was an English lawyer and zoologist. In zoology, he was an expert ornithologist, and identified the main zoogeographic regions of the world. He was Secretary of the Zoological Society o ...
, 1861: found in Jamaica
* ''Elaenia fallax cherriei'' –
Cory
As a given name, Cory is used by both males and females. It is a variation of the name Cora, which has Greek origins and is the maiden name of the goddess Persephone. The name also can have origins from the Gaelic word ''coire'', which means "in ...
, 1895: found in Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti)
References
* Raffaele, Herbert; James Wiley, Orlando Garrido, Allan Keith & Janis Raffaele (2003) ''Birds of the West Indies'', Christopher Helm, London.
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Birds of the Greater Antilles
Birds of Jamaica
Birds of the Dominican Republic
Birds of Haiti
Endemic birds of the Caribbean
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Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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