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 LC    Lesser Greenlet* Id (Atlas):
    Pachysylvia decurtata

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Lesser Greenlet, Grey-headed Greenlet, Gray-headed Greenlet

Family
Vireonidae (Vireos)

Size
9.50 - 10 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Bonaparte, 1838)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry forest, subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest. From sea-level - 1,500 m.

Range (Guide)
Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru.

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

Population
Estimated population is 500,000 - 4,999,999 (2020) and stable.

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (12)...)

 
Lesser Greenlet (Pachysylvia decurtata) [XC275519]
     by Kent Livezey from Esmeraldas: Playa de Oro, village and vicinity, R\u00edo Santiago, Ecuador (call)

 
Lesser Greenlet (Pachysylvia decurtata) [XC782898]
     by Francesco Barberini from Parque Yaguarundi, Mexico (subsong)

Subspecies
Southern subspecies darienensis and minor were formerly regarded as constituting a separate species, but hybridization with nominate occurs in overlap zone in central Panama.

The following 6 subspecies are recognised:

  • brevipennis (Giraud, 1852)   -  Eastern Mexico (south-eastern San Luis Potosí, northern and central Veracruz, northern Oaxaca, southern Chiapas).
  • dickermani Parkes, 1991   -  South-eastern Mexico (southern Veracruz east to Tabasco, northern Chiapas and western Campeche).
  • phillipsi Parkes, 1991   -  South-eastern Mexico (eastern Campeche and Quintana Roo) and northern Belize.
  • decurtatus (Bonaparte, 1838)   -  Southern Belize and Guatemala south to central Panama.
  • darienensis (Griscom, 1927)   -  Central Panama east to north-western Colombia (east to Santander).
  • minor von Berlepsch & Taczanowski, 1884   -  Pacific lowlands from western Colombia south to extreme north-western Peru (Tumbes).



References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Lesser Greenlet (Pachysylvia decurtata) - 10 files


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