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Photo by dolhijn in Wanica, Suriname, August 2007

Hylophilus pectoralis

[edit] 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^[1].

[edit] Distribution

Eastern Venezuela (where rare or overlooked), French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Brazil, Peru (where rare/accidental), and Bolivia. ^[1][2]

[edit] Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[3].

[edit] Habitat

Most common in coastal areas, including mangroves, humid and drier forest and edges. ^[1]

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

1. Restall et al. 2006. Birds of Northern South America. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300124156
2. Avibase map of distribution of this species, read December 2008.
3. 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. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.

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