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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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When to see the Grey-eyed Greenlet
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Grey-eyed Greenlet
The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Grey-eyed Greenlet
The grey-eyed greenlet is a species of bird in the family Vireonidae, the vireos, greenlets, and shrike-babblers. It is found in Brazil and possibly Bolivia.
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Easily confused with
Ashy-headed GreenletHylophilus pectoralisThe ashy-headed greenlet is 12 cm (4.7 in) long and weighs 10.3 to 12.4 g (0.36 to 0.44 oz).
Lemon-chested GreenletHylophilus thoracicusThe lemon-chested greenlet is 10 to 13 cm (3.9 to 5.1 in) long and weighs 11 to 14 g (0.39 to 0.49 oz).
Grey-chested GreenletHylophilus semicinereusThe grey-chested greenlet is about 12 cm (4.7 in) long; one individual weighed 13 g (0.46 oz).
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