Greenish Tyrannulet
Phyllomyias virescens(Temminck, CJ, 1824)
English (US) Greenish Tyrannulet
The Greenish Tyrannulet (Phyllomyias virescens) 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 Tyrannidae (Tyrant Flycatchers and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: southeastern Brazil (EspĂrito Santo) to eastern Paraguay and northeastern ArgentinaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Phyllomyias virescens
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Greenish Tyrannulet
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1824)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Muscicapa virescens
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1824)
- Type locality
- Brazil; restricted to Curytiba, Parana, by Hellmayr, 1927, Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Zool. Ser., 13, pt. 5, p. 461.
- Original description
- Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux, pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon livr.46, vol.3 text to pl.275 fig.3
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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