Ashy-headed Greenlet vs Grey-eyed Greenlet

Ashy-headed Greenlet

Hylophilus pectoralis

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The ashy-headed greenlet is 12 cm (4.7 in) long and weighs 10.3 to 12.4 g (0.36 to 0.44 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a dull gray forehead, crown, and nape. They have a dull grayish white supercilium and grayish ear coverts. Their upperparts are dull greenish. Their wings and tail are dull greenish with brighter greenish edges on the feathers. Their chin is off-white, their throat mottled grayish white, their breast greenish yellow, their flanks grayish, and their belly dull white. Voice: The ashy-headed greenlet's song is a "high, hurried Wéeje-Wéeje-Wéeje-, rapid tutjeweé-tutjeweé-tutjeweé-, loud, sharp WúTjirrrr".

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Grey-eyed Greenlet

Hylophilus amaurocephalus

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The grey-eyed greenlet is 12.5 to 13 cm (4.9 to 5.1 in) long. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a chestnut-brown forehead and crown and a pale grayish supercilium, and is mottled gray-white around the eye and on the ear coverts. Their nape and upper back are dull gray-brown and their lower back, shoulders, and rump are green-tinged gray-brown. Their wings are gray-brown with thin greenish edges on the outer webs of the primaries and secondaries. Their tail is gray-green with brighter edges on the feathers' outer webs. Voice: The grey-eyed greenlet's song is a "high, rather harsh see-see or te Teé-te Teé-te Teé and many other variations".

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