Brown-headed Greenlet

About the Brown-headed Greenlet

The brown-headed greenlet (Hylophilus brunneiceps) is a species of bird in the family Vireonidae, the vireos, greenlets, and shrike-babblers. It is found in Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela. The brown-headed greenlet is monotypic. However, what is now the inornata subspecies of the dusky-capped greenlet (Pachysylvia hypoxantha) was previously treated as a subspecies of it.

The brown-headed greenlet is about 11 to 12 cm (4.3 to 4.7 in) long and weighs 8 to 11.5 g (0.28 to 0.41 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a brown or dull sepia crown with a slight yellowish wash. Their face is dull brownish. Their upperparts and tail are olive-green. Their wing's primaries and secondaries are dark grayish with thin greenish olive edges on their outer webs. Their throat and upper breast are dirty white with an olive-buff tinge. Their lower breast and belly are gray-white, their flanks yellowish, and their vent pale greenish yellow. They have a gray or whitish iris, a brown maxilla, a pinkish mandible, and pink legs and feet.

The brown-head greenlet is found from eastern Colombia east across most of southern... Wikipedia →