Order: Passeriformes | Family: Vireonidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Southern Brazil
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Southern Brazil
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Huallaga Valley, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Southern Brazil
Identification & Behavior: ~12 cm (4.7 in). The Ashy-headed Greenlet has olive upperparts and gray head. The breast is yellow with a light gray rest of the underparts. The iris brown. The bill is brown. It forages in semi-deciduous forests, forest edges, and scrub. It is similar to the Lemon-chested Greenlet but their ranges are not known to overlap.
Status: The Ashy-headed Greenlet is common in its very restricted range in the middle Huallaga Valley. It also occurs in Br and Bo.
Name in Spanish: Verdillo de Cabeza Ceniza.
Sub-species: Ashy-headed Greenlet (Hylophilus pectoralis), P. L. Sclater, 1866.
Meaning of Name: Hylophilus: Gr. hule= woodland, forest and philos= lover. pectoralis: L. pectus, pectoris= breast; pectoralis= of the breast, pectoral.
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- Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum. http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 03/01/2016.