Martinique national football team Martinique national football team The Martinique national football team () represents the French overseas department and region of Martinique in international football. The team is controlled by the Ligue de Football de la Martinique (), a local branch of French Football Federation (). On 7 August 2010, the national team adopted the nickname "Les Matinino", which pays tribute to the history of the island. As an overseas department of the French Republic, Martinique is not a member of FIFA and is therefore not eligible to enter the FIFA World Cup or any competition organised first-hand by the organisation. Martiniquais, being
Caribbean elaenia Caribbean elaenia The Caribbean elaenia ("Elaenia martinica") is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae found in the West Indies and parts of Central America. Its natural habitats are tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and heavily degraded former forest. In 1760 the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson included a description of the Caribbean elaenia in his "Ornithologie" based on a specimen collected on the island of Martinique. He used the French name "Le gobe-mouche hupé de la Martinique" and the Latin "Muscicapa Martinicana cristata". Although Brisson coined Latin names, these do not