Brown-headed Greenlet

Hylophilus brunneiceps

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesShrublandTiny · 10 g

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The brown-headed greenlet is about 11 to 12 cm (4.3 to 4.7 in) long and weighs 8 to 11.5 g (0.28 to 0.41 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a brown or dull sepia crown with a slight yellowish wash. Their face is dull brownish. Their upperparts and tail are olive-green. Their wing's primaries and secondaries are dark grayish with thin greenish olive edges on their outer webs. Their throat and upper breast are dirty white with an olive-buff tinge. Their lower breast and belly are gray-white, their flanks yellowish, and their vent pale greenish yellow. Voice: The brown-headed greenlet's song is a "high, warbling weet-oh-weeréet". When agitated it makes "a series of twitters, then 4–5 soft notes and a louder, descending series of notes, much repeated".

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When to see the Brown-headed Greenlet

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 9 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is January, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Brown-headed Greenlet

Regular range

The map shades 3 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Brown-headed Greenlet

The brown-headed greenlet is a species of bird in the family Vireonidae, the vireos, greenlets, and shrike-babblers. It is found in Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela.

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