Brown-headed Greenlet - BirdForum Opus

Photo by arthurgrosset
Sao Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas, Brazil, August 2004

Hylophilus brunneiceps

Identification

• Grey underparts
• Brown crown and nape
• Bill

• Dark upper mandible
• Pinkish-yellow below

Distribution

South America: Eastern Colombia to southern Venezuela and north-western Brazil.

Taxonomy

Monotypic^[1]

Habitat

Sandy-soil forest.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes insects.

References

1. Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
2. Avibase
3. Arthur Grosset

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2021) Brown-headed Greenlet. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 13 May 2021 from https://www.birdforum.net/wiki/Brown-headed_Greenlet

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