Buff-cheeked Greenlet
Pachysylvia muscicapina(Sclater, PL; Salvin, O, 1873)
English (US) Buff-cheeked Greenlet
The Buff-cheeked Greenlet (Pachysylvia muscicapina) 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.
- Scientific name
- Pachysylvia muscicapina
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Buff-cheeked Greenlet
- Described by
- (Sclater, PL; Salvin, O, 1873)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Pachysylvia muscicapina muscicapina
- Pachysylvia muscicapina griseifrons
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Hylophilus muscicapinus
- Described by
- (Sclater, PL; Salvin, O, 1873)
- Type locality
- St. Louis d'Oyapok, French Guiana.
- Original description
- Nomenclator Avium Neotropicalium (etc.) p.12,156
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Vireo sclateri
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