Golden-fronted Greenlet

Pachysylvia aurantiifrons

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesWoodlandCup nestTiny · 10 g

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The 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). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies have an ochre-olive forehead and a buffy brown crown. Their upperparts are greenish brown that is more yellowish green on the rump. Their wings' coverts are greenish brown and their primaries and secondaries are dull blackish gray with thin greenish edges on the outer webs. Their tail is dull olive-green. Their chin and throat are whitish buff, their breast grayish yellow, and their belly and vent yellowish. Subspecies P. Voice: The golden-fronted greenlet's song is "a short, quick, semimusical de-wichy-de-whéter, often over and over". Its calls include a "double note, chee-vee, and chattering or chirping note".

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When to see the Golden-fronted Greenlet

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is December, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Golden-fronted Greenlet

Regular range

The map shades 4 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Golden-fronted Greenlet

The golden-fronted greenlet is a small passerine bird in the family Vireonidae, the vireos, greenlets, and shrike-babblers. It is found in Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, and Trinidad.

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Easily confused with

Side by side: Golden-fronted Greenlet vs Lesser Greenlet · Golden-fronted Greenlet vs Rufous-naped Greenlet · Buff-cheeked Greenlet vs Golden-fronted Greenlet

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