Olivaceous Greenlet
Hylophilus olivaceusTschudi, JJ, 1844
English (US) Olivaceous Greenlet
The Olivaceous Greenlet (Hylophilus olivaceus) 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: subtropical Andes of eastern Ecuador to central Peru (JunÃn)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Hylophilus olivaceus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Olivaceous Greenlet
- Described by
- Tschudi, JJ, 1844
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- H[ylophilus] olivaceus
- Described by
- Tschudi, JJ, 1844
- Type locality
- eastern slope of Andes, Peru; Junin region designated by Zimmer, 1942, Amer. Mus. Novit., no. 1160, p. 4.
- Original description
- Archiv für Naturgeschichte 10 p.284
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Ashy-headed Greenlet
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Lemon-chested Greenlet
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