- Hylophilus pectoralis
Identification
Ashy-headed Greenlet has olive upperside except for grey head and nape, grey underside with yellow wash on breast. Eye is dark brownish-red.
Distribution
Eastern Venezuela (where rare or overlooked), French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Brazil, Peru (where rare/accidental), and Bolivia.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Most common in coastal areas, including mangroves, humid and drier forest and edges.
Behaviour
Diet
Their diet consists mostly of insercts, such as beetles, ants and the larva of butterfly and moth species.
Movements
Probably a sedentary species.
References
- Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
- Restall et al. 2006. Birds of Northern South America. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300124156
- Avibase map of distribution of this species, read December 2008.
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved December 2014)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Ashy-headed Greenlet. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 1 June 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Ashy-headed_Greenlet
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.
