Dusky-capped Greenlet (Pachysylvia hypoxantha)

Other Names (World)
Dusky-capped Greenlet, Yellow-bellied Greenlet (flaviventris), Amazon Greenlet (inornatus)

Family
Vireonidae (Vireos)

Size
11.50 - 12 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Pelzeln, 1868)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest. From sea-level - 900 m.

Range (Guide)

Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2020) and decreasing.

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (57)...)

Dusky-capped Greenlet (Pachysylvia hypoxantha) [XC520904]
by Mauricio \u00c1lvarez-Rebolledo (Colecci\u00f3n de Sonidos Ambientales - Instituto Humboldt) from PNN Chiribiquete, cu\u00f1ar\u00e9, Colombia (?)

Dusky-capped Greenlet (Pachysylvia hypoxantha) [XC438556]
by Jerome Fischer from Reserva Natural Palmar\u00ed, Rio Javar\u00ed, AM, Brazil (song)

Subspecies
Subspecies inornatus was formerly treated as a subspecies of Brown-headed Greenlet (Hylophilus brunneiceps).

The following 6 subspecies are recognised:

hypoxantha Pelzeln, 1868 - South-eastern Colombia (Vaupes and Guainia), south-western Venezuela (Amazonas), and north-western Brazil (south to R Solimoes).
fuscicapillus Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1880 - Eastern Ecuador and northern Peru (south to R Marañón).
flaviventris Cabanis, 1873 - Central Peru from San Martín (possibly from north-central Loreto) south to Ayacucho.
ictericus Bond, J, 1953 - Western Brazil (upper R Jurua), extreme south-eastern Peru (Puno) and northern Bolivia (La Paz, Beni and Cochabamba).
albigula (Chapman, 1921) - Northern Brazil south of R Amazon (from R Purús east to R Iriri and R Xingu).
inornatus (Snethlage, E, 1914) - Northern Brazil south of R Amazon (from R Tapajos east to R Tocantins, south of Itaituba).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Dusky-capped Greenlet (Pachysylvia hypoxantha) - 10 files

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