Vireos (Vireonidae)

Grey-chested Greenlet (Hylophilus semicinereus) - HBW 15, p. 435

French: Viréon à gorge grise German: Graunackenvireo Spanish: Verdillo Pechigrí
Other common names: Grey-naped Greenlet

Taxonomy: Hylophilus semicinereus P. L. Sclater and Salvin, 1867, Belém, Pará, Brazil.
Three subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

  • viridiceps (Todd, 1929) - S Venezuela (Amazonas and Bolívar), E French Guiana, and N Brazil S to R Solimões & R Amazon (possibly also to Borba, on lower R Madeira), probably also E Colombia (E Vichada and E Guainí­a).
  • juruanus Gyldenstolpe, 1941 - NW Brazil S of R Solimões (region of upper R Juruá and R Purús) and NE Peru.
  • semicinereus P. L. Sclater & Salvin, 1867 - N Brazil S of lower R Amazon (from Pará and Maranhão, possibly from R Madeira, S to N Mato Grosso) and extreme NE Bolivia.