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Greenish Elaenia - BirdForum Opus

Myiopagis viridicata
Photo by arthurgrosset
Photographed: Jeremoabo, Bahia, Brazil.

Identification

Given that it is unusual to see the semiconcealed yellow crown patch, the key features to the ID are the lack of wing bars and the underparts which are described in Hilty & Brown as: "grayish throat merging into olive gray chest is set off from pale yellow lower breast and belly.

Distribution

From Mexico through Central America and much of South America. Accidental to the United States with 1 record at High Island in Texas.

Taxonomy

Ten subspecies are recognized in this species.

Habitat

Behaviour

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