Ashy-headed Greenlet
Hylophilus pectoralisSclater, PL, 1866
English (US) Ashy-headed Greenlet
The Ashy-headed Greenlet (Hylophilus pectoralis) 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: the Guianas and eastern Venezuela to northern Bolivia and Amazonian BrazilRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Hylophilus pectoralis
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Ashy-headed Greenlet
- Described by
- Sclater, PL, 1866
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Sclater, PL, 1866
- Type locality
- Mato Grosso and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; type from Vila Bela de Mato Grosso, Rio Guapore, fide Hellmayr, 1935, Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Publ., Zool. Ser., 13, pt. 8, p. 165.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866, pt.2 p.321
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Grey-eyed Greenlet
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Rufous-crowned Greenlet
Hylophilus poicilotis
Olivaceous Greenlet
Hylophilus olivaceus
Scrub Greenlet
Hylophilus flavipes
Grey-chested Greenlet
Hylophilus semicinereus
Brown-headed Greenlet
Hylophilus brunneiceps
Lemon-chested Greenlet
Hylophilus thoracicus
Chestnut-sided Shrike-Vireo
Vireolanius melitophrys
Green Shrike-Vireo
Vireolanius pulchellus
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