Golden-fronted Greenlet - BirdForum Opus

Photo by Stanley Jones
Coclé Province, Panama, March, 2013

Hylophilus aurantiifrons

Identification

11–12 cm

• Brownish top of head
• Olive-ochre forehead
• Greenish-brown upperparts

Distribution

Central America: Panama, Trinidad and Tobago
South America: Colombia and Venezuela

Taxonomy

Juvenile
Photo by PanamaHarpy
Paraiso, Panama, April 2016

Placed in genus Pachysylvia by Clements.

Subspecies

There are 3 subspecies^[1]:

• H. a. aurantiifrons:

• Eastern Panama and Caribbean coast of northern Colombia

• H. a. helvinus :

• Tropical north-western Venezuela (Zulia to n Mérida and s Táchira)

• H. a. saturatus:

• Tropical eastern Colombia to northern Venezuela; Trinidad

Habitat

Pacific lowlands, highly disturbed dry tropical forest with open pastures for cattle grazing;observed at heights around 20 m.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists of insects often gleaned from the underside of leaves.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2021) Golden-fronted Greenlet. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 29 April 2021 from https://www.birdforum.net/wiki/Golden-fronted_Greenlet

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