Rio de Janeiro Greenlet (Hylophilus thoracicus)

Other Names (World)
Rio de Janeiro Greenlet, Northern Lemon-chested Greenlet, Lemon-chested Greenlet

Family
Vireonidae (Vireos)

Size
12 - 13 cm

First Described (Guide)
Temminck, 1822

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

Range (Guide)

Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (28)...)

Lemon-chested Greenlet (Hylophilus thoracicus) [XC518920]
by Ciro Albano from Fredberg logging road, Sipaliwini, Suriname (song)

Lemon-chested Greenlet (Hylophilus thoracicus) [XC306416]
by Jeremy Minns from Reserva Extrativista Alto Juru\u00e1. Pedra Pintada, Brazil (song)

Subspecies
Northern subspecies have sometimes been regarded as constituting a distinct species. Birds from mountains of southern Bahia may represent a further, hitherto undescribed species, based partly on larger size and also suspected vocal differences. A taxonomic study currently in progress.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

aemulus (Hellmayr, 1920) - South-eastern Colombia, eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru and northern Bolivia.
griseiventris von Berlepsch & Hartert, 1902 - Eastern Venezuela (Bolívar), the Guaianas and northern Brazil (south to upper R Purús in western and to R Amazon in east). Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Lemon-chested Greenlet (Hylophilus griseiventris).
thoracicus Temminck, 1822 - Eastern Brazil (south-eastern Minas Gerais, southern Bahia, Espírito Santo and Rio de Janeiro, possibly also parts of S�o Paulo).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Rio de Janeiro Greenlet (Hylophilus thoracicus) - 10 files

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