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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
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
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).
Dusky-capped GreenletPachysylvia hypoxanthaThe dusky-capped greenlet is 11.5 to 12 cm (4.5 to 4.7 in) long and weighs about 17 g (0.60 oz).
Buff-cheeked GreenletPachysylvia muscicapinaThe 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).
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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