Typus

• Pipra flavogaster Thunberg, 1822 = Elaenia flavogaster

Synonyms

• Elania G.R. Gray, 1840
• Elainia Reichenbach, 1850
• Elainea Cabanis & Heine, 1860
• Elaenea [variation]
• Eloenia [variation]
• Elana [variation]

Primary references

• Sundevall, C.J. 1835. Ornithologiskt System. Kungliga Svenska vetenskapsakademiens handlingar ["Documents of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences"] Ser. 3, t. 23: 43–130. BHL Reference page.  Original description p.89 BHL

Additional references

• Rheindt, F. E., Christidis, L., & Norman, J.A. 2008a. Habitat shifts in the evolutionary history of a Neotropical flycatcher lineage from forest and open landscapes. BMC Evolutionary Biology 8: 193 (18 pp.). DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-193 Full article viewReference page. 

• Rheindt, F.E., Norman, J.A. & Christidis, L. 2008. Phylogenetic relationships of tyrant-flycatchers (Aves: Tyrannidae), with an emphasis on the elaeniine assemblage. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 46(1): 88–101. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2007.09.011 Reference page. 

• Rheindt, F. E., Christidis, L., & Norman, J.A. 2009. Genetic introgression, incomplete lineage sorting and faulty taxonomy create multiple cases of polyphyly in a montane clade of tyrant-flycatchers (Elaenia, Tyrannidae). Zoologica Scripta 38: 143-153. DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00369.x Abstract Reference page. 

• Rheindt, F.E., Krabbe, N., Wee, A.K.S. & Christidis, L. 2015. Cryptic speciation in the Lesser Elaenia Elaenia chiriquensis (Aves: Passeriformes: Tyrannidae). Zootaxa 4032(3): 251–263. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4032.3.1 . Full article (PDF) Reference page. 

• Tang, Q., Edwards, S.V. & Rheindt, F.E. 2018. Rapid diversification and hybridization have shaped the dynamic history of the genus Elaenia. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 127: 522-533. Full article (PDF) DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.05.008 Reference page.