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 NT    Olivaceous Greenlet* Id (Atlas):
    Hylophilus olivaceus

Description (10)
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Family
Vireonidae (Vireos)

Size
12 cm

First Described (Guide)
Tschudi, 1844

Habitat
Forest edge, clearings and second growth. From 600 - 1,700 m.

Range (Guide)
Ecuador, Peru.

Eastern slope of Andes in Ecuador (Napo south to at least Morona Santiago, perhaps to Zamora-Chinchipe) and Peru (San Martí­n, and from Huánuco south to northern Juní­n).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status NT
Habitat destruction through deforestation is the main threat.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Habits
Singly or in pairs. Occasionally observed with other species, usually inconspicuous.

Voice
A distinctive loud 'swee-swee-swee' with 10-12 notes repeated. Scrub Greenlet (Hylophilus flavipes) either has a disyllabic note, eg 'turee-turee-turee' repeated 4-20 times, or a more slurred, slower double note in Central America.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (20)...)

 
Olivaceous Greenlet (Hylophilus olivaceus) [XC261030]
     by Robert S. Ridgely from Napo: Cascada San Rafael ('Coca Falls'), Ecuador (song)

 
Olivaceous Greenlet (Hylophilus olivaceus) [XC543140]
     by Fabrice Schmitt from Affluentes, Peru (song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Forms a superspecies with Scrub Greenlet (Hylophilus flavipes) and sometimes considered conspecific.

Similar Species
Sometimes considered conspecific with Scrub Greenlet (Hylophilus flavipes) and the two are very alike. Scrub Greenlet (Hylophilus flavipes) may be darker on forecrown, and paler greyish white on the chin and throat.


References
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Files:
JPG files for Olivaceous Greenlet (Hylophilus olivaceus) - 10 files


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