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ForestCup nestTiny · 14 g
What the Lemon-chested Greenlet sounds like
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The 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). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies H. t. thoracicus have an ochraceous olive forehead, a dull grayish olive crown, and a wide grayish nape collar. They have grayish lores and sides of the head with a greenish tinge on the ear coverts. Their upperparts are bright olive that often has a yellowish tinge. Their wings' coverts and flight feathers are dull blackish gray with wide bright olive to yellowish green edges on the latter. Voice: The lemon-chested greenlet's song is a "very high, rapid series of 10-15 upslurred tu-Weéet notes". Its call is a "rich, whistled where-it sometimes doubled ".
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When to see the Lemon-chested 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 Lemon-chested Greenlet
The map shades 9 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Lemon-chested Greenlet
The lemon-chested greenlet is a species of bird in the family Vireonidae, the vireos, greenlets, and shrike-babblers. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.
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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).
Grey-eyed GreenletHylophilus amaurocephalusThe grey-eyed greenlet is 12.5 to 13 cm (4.9 to 5.1 in) long.
Grey-chested GreenletHylophilus semicinereusThe grey-chested greenlet is about 12 cm (4.7 in) long; one individual weighed 13 g (0.46 oz).
Side by side: Lemon-chested Greenlet vs Rufous-crowned Greenlet · Ashy-headed Greenlet vs Lemon-chested Greenlet · Grey-eyed Greenlet vs Lemon-chested Greenlet · Grey-chested Greenlet vs Lemon-chested Greenlet
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