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).