NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Mottle-backed Elaenia
Elaenia gigas P. L. Sclater, 1871
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Elaenia gigas P. L. Sclater, 1871
- Name authority
- P. L. Sclater, 1871
- Common name
- Mottle-backed Elaenia
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Tyrannidae
- Genus
- Elaenia
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyTyrannidae
- genusElaenia Sundevall, 1836
- speciesElaenia gigas P. L. Sclater, 1871
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Elaenia. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Plain-crested ElaeniaElaenia cristata Pelzeln, 1868 | TyrannidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Yellow-bellied ElaeniaElaenia flavogaster (Thunberg, 1822) | TyrannidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Highland ElaeniaElaenia obscura (d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837) | TyrannidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sierran ElaeniaElaenia pallatangae P. L. Sclater, 1862 | TyrannidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Noronha ElaeniaElaenia ridleyana Sharpe, 1888 | TyrannidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Slaty ElaeniaElaenia strepera Cabanis, 1883 | TyrannidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lesser ElaeniaElaenia chiriquensis Lawrence, 1865 | TyrannidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Coopmans's ElaeniaElaenia brachyptera Berlepsch, 1907 | TyrannidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chilean ElaeniaElaenia chilensis Hellmayr, 1927 | TyrannidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-crested ElaeniaElaenia albiceps (d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837) | TyrannidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Great ElaeniaElaenia dayi Chapman, 1929 | TyrannidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Greater Antillean ElaeniaElaenia fallax P. L. Sclater, 1861 | TyrannidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=559854 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:38XGL. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.