Grey-eyed Greenlet

Hylophilus amaurocephalus(Nordmann, AD, 1835)

English (US) Gray-eyed Greenlet

UK name: Grey-eyed Greenlet

The Grey-eyed Greenlet (Hylophilus amaurocephalus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Vireonidae (Shrike-babblers, Erpornis, and Vireos) in the order Passeriformes.

Range: lowlands of eastern Brazil (Piauí and Ceará to far northern São Paulo)Range summary from AviList, in English.

Scientific name: Hylophilus amaurocephalus
Family: Vireonidae (Shrike-babblers, Erpornis, and Vireos)
Order: Passeriformes
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
English (US): Gray-eyed Greenlet
English (UK): Grey-eyed Greenlet
Described by: (Nordmann, AD, 1835)

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Taxonomic history

First described as: Sylvia amaurocephala
Described by: (Nordmann, AD, 1835)
Type locality: Brazil [= boundary of Bahia and Minas Gerais, fide Hellmayr, 1935, Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ., Zool. Ser., 13, pt. 8, p. 159].
Original description: Reise um die Erde durch Nord-Asien und die beiden Oceane, in den Jahren 1828, 1829 und 1830 ausgeführt. Naturhistorischer Atlas: Verzeichniss von Thieren und Pflanzen, welche auf einer Reise um die Erde gesammelt wurden p.14

Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.

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