Gray-chested Greenlet - BirdForum Opus

Photo by arthurgrosset
Borba, Amazonas, Brazil, August 2004

Hylophilus semicinereus

Identification

12 cm
It has a whitish iris and dull grey underparts with greenish yellow on the sides of the chest. The crown and nape are grey while the forehead and remaining upperparts are olive.

Distribution

South America: found in Colombia, Venezuela, The Guianas, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 3 subspecies^[1]:

H. s. viridiceps:

Southern Venezuela (Amazonas and Bolívar), the Guianas and northern Brazil

H. s. semicinereus:

Northern Brazil south of lower Amazon (Maranhão to n Mato Grosso)

H. s. juruanus:

North-western Brazil (south of Rio Solimões)

Habitat

Canopy and borders of forest and secondary woodland.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists of small insects.

References

Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
Avibase
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved June 2014)
BF Member observations

List of references

Recommended Citation

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

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