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The buff-cheeked greenlet is 11.5 to 12 cm (4.5 to 4.7 in) long and weighs 9.5 to 13.5 g (0.34 to 0.48 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a gray-brown forehead and a blue-gray crown and nape. They have a buffy supercilium and blackish gray mottled ear coverts on an otherwise buffy-brown face. Their upperparts are greenish that is lighter on the rump. Their wings' primaries and secondaries are dark blackish gray with wide greenish edges on the outer webs. Their tail is dull greenish. Voice: The buff-cheeked greenlet's song is described as a "high, warbling weet-oh-weeréet".
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When to see the Buff-cheeked Greenlet
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Buff-cheeked Greenlet
The map shades 6 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Buff-cheeked Greenlet
The buff-cheeked greenlet is a species of bird in the family Vireonidae, the vireos, greenlets, and shrike-babblers. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela.
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Easily confused with
Rufous-naped GreenletPachysylvia semibrunneaThe rufous-naped greenlet is 12 to 13 cm (4.7 to 5.1 in) long and weighs about 10 to 12.5 g (0.35 to 0.44 oz).
Golden-fronted GreenletPachysylvia aurantiifronsThe golden-fronted greenlet is 11 to 12 cm (4.3 to 4.7 in) long and weighs an average of 9.5 g (0.34 oz).
Side by side: Buff-cheeked Greenlet vs Golden-fronted Greenlet · Buff-cheeked Greenlet vs Rufous-naped Greenlet
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