Lesser Greenlet (Pachysylvia decurtata)

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.

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 (13)...)

Lesser Greenlet (Pachysylvia decurtata) [XC370497]
by Manuel Grosselet from Bosque de Cinquera, El Salvador (call)

Lesser Greenlet (Pachysylvia decurtata) [XC378068]
by Manuel Grosselet from Mecayapan, Mecayapan, Veracruz, Mexico (song)

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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