Lemon-chested Greenlet (Hylophilus thoracicus)

Identification & Behavior: ~12 cm (4.7 in). The Lemon-chested Greenlet has olive upperparts with grayish head and yellowish forehead and areas around the eye. The breast is yellow with a white belly or rest of the underparts. The iris is pale. The bill is brown. It forages in the canopy and sub-canopy of the forest in Amazonia nearly always with mixed species flocks. It is similar to the Dusky-capped Greenlet but is distinguished by having a pale iris and white belly. It does not overlap with the similar Ashy-headed Greenlet.

Status: The Lemon-chested Greenlet is uncommon and widespread in Amazonia where it is known to range up to 850 m along the foothill of the Andes. It also occurs in Co, Ec, Br, and Bo.

Name in Spanish: Verdillo de Pecho Limón.

Sub-species: Lemon-chested Greenlet (Hylophilus thoracicus aemulus), (Hellmayr), 1920.

Meaning of Name: Hylophilus: Gr. hule= woodland, forest, and philos= lover. thoracicus: Med. L. thorax, thorakos= breastplate; thoracicus= pectoral, of the chest.

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