Buff-cheeked Greenlet (Pachysylvia muscicapina)

Other Names (World)
Buff-cheeked Greenlet, Buff-chested Greenlet, Grey-fronted Greenlet (griseifrons), Gray-fronted Greenlet (griseifrons)

Family
Vireonidae (Vireos)

Size
11.50 - 12 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Sclater & Salvin, 1873)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland and swamp forest. From sea-level - 1,100 m.

Range (Guide)

Bolivia, Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2020) and decreasing.

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

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

Buff-cheeked Greenlet (Pachysylvia muscicapina) [XC272221]
by Peter Boesman from Mozeskreek area, W Suriname, Suriname (song)

Buff-cheeked Greenlet (Pachysylvia muscicapina) [XC466927]
by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from Comodoro, State of Mato Grosso, Brazil (song)

Subspecies
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

muscicapina Sclater, PL and Salvin, 1873 - Southern and eastern Venezuela (Amazonas, Bolivar), the Guianas, and northern Brazil (south to northern bank of R Amazon).
griseifrons (Snethlage, E, 1907) - Brazil south of R Amazon (from R Madeira east to R Tapajós, south to Mato Grosso and southern Goiás) and extreme north-eastern Bolivia.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Buff-cheeked Greenlet (Pachysylvia muscicapina) - 10 files

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