Identification
Greyish-green crown, becoming more green on back and upperwing-coverts
Greyish rump
Blackish flight-feathers, broad olive-green edgings on outer webs, tertials with entire outer web greenish (giving olive-green appearance to closed wing)
Dull grey-brown rectrices
Buffy white narrow supercilium in front of eye, whitish area above eye, brownish-grey lores and ear-coverts, dusky malar line
Whitish throat, off-white chest with diffuse darker streaks
Buff-white belly with diffuse grey-black streaks at side
Buffy-white vent and undertail-coverts
Blackish bill with yellow gape, sometimes a yellow tip
Sexes similar. Juveniles are similar to adults but they have a duller back and less green on upperparts.
Distribution
From Costa Rica south to Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad, Ecuador and Peru.
Rather common in much of its range.
Habitat
Found in second growth, wooded gardens, forest edge and old farmland. In Ecuador and Peru in dry forest, not in arid regions in Venezuela.
Occurs from sea-level up to 1500 m, rarely up to 2500 m.
Diet
Feeds on ants, beetles, seeds, flower buds and various fruit.
