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What the Ochre-crowned Greenlet sounds like
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The ochre-crowned greenlet is 9.5 to 13 cm (3.7 to 5.1 in) long and weighs 8.4 to 13.5 g (0.30 to 0.48 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies T. o. ochraceiceps have a yellowish forehead and a yellow-brown crown. Their face is mostly dull grayish. Their upperparts are olive-brown that is slightly more greenish on the rump. Their wings' primaries and secondaries are grayish black with buff-brown edges on the outer webs. Their tail is dull brown with cinnamon-brown edges on the feathers. Voice: The ochre-crowned greenlet's vocalizations vary across its range. In Central America and Colombia its song is described as a "pure whistle that is steadily repeated many times at intervals of a few seconds" and is flat-pitched or slightly ascending. It has been written as "wi-seeeeee or wi-heeeeee". It also makes a "rapidly repeated rising nasal note: nya-nya-nya-nya".
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When to see the Ochre-crowned Greenlet
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Ochre-crowned Greenlet
The map shades 16 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Ochre-crowned Greenlet
The ochre-crowned greenlet is a species of bird in the family Vireonidae, the vireos, greenlets, and shrike-babblers. It is found in Mexico, in every Central American country except El Salvador, and in Colombia and Ecuador. This species was formerly known as the tawny-crowned greenlet and was considered to be conspecific with the Para greenlet, Guianan greenlet and rufous-fronted greenlet.
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Easily confused with
Rufous-fronted GreenletTunchiornis ferrugineifronsThe rufous-fronted greenlet is a passerine bird in the family Vireonidae, the vireos, greenlets, and shrike-babblers.
Guianan GreenletTunchiornis luteifronsThe Guianan greenlet, also known as the olive-crowned greenlet, is a passerine bird in the family Vireonidae, the vireos, greenlets, and shrike-babblers.
Para GreenletTunchiornis rubrifronsThe Para greenlet is a passerine bird in the family Vireonidae, the vireos, greenlets, and shrike-babblers.
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