Vireos (Vireonidae)
Lesser Greenlet (Hylophilus decurtatus) - HBW 15, p. 438
French: Viréon menu
German: Graukappenvireo
Spanish: Verdillo Menor
Other common names: Grey-headed Greenlet (N races)
Taxonomy: Sylvicola decurtata Bonaparte, 1838, Guatemala.
S races darienensis and minor were formerly regarded as constituting a separate species, but hybridization with nominate occurs in overlap zone in C Panama. Six subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- brevipennis (Giraud, 1851) - E Mexico (SE San Luis Potosí, N & C Veracruz, N Oaxaca, S Chiapas).
- dickermani Parkes, 1991 - SE Mexico (S Veracruz E to Tabasco, N Chiapas and W Campeche).
- phillipsi Parkes, 1991 - SE Mexico (E Campeche and Quintana Roo) and N Belize.
- brevipennis (Giraud, 1851) - E Mexico (SE San Luis Potosí, N & C Veracruz, N Oaxaca, S Chiapas).
- dickermani Parkes, 1991 - SE Mexico (S Veracruz E to Tabasco, N Chiapas and W Campeche).
- phillipsi Parkes, 1991 - SE Mexico (E Campeche and Quintana Roo) and N Belize.
- decurtatus ( Bonaparte, 1838) - S Belize and Guatemala S to C Panama.
- darienensis ( Griscom, 1927) - C Panama E to NW Colombia (E to Santander).
- minor Berlepsch & Taczanowski, 1884 - Pacific lowlands from W Colombia S to extreme NW Peru (Tumbes).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird in a tree and flying away Locality Río Silanche Bird Sanctuary, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp minor)
Josep del Hoyo 7 September 2007 3 years ago 19 sec 3.7 -
A bird in a tree. Locality Milpe, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp minor)
Juan Sanabria 1 March 2009 2 years ago 7 sec 2.3
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In a tree, mixed flock
Locality Calakmul, Campeche State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern)
rchavezdm 2 December 2011 8 weeks ago 3.2 -
On a branch
Locality Punta Leona, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica
Guy Poisson 25 December 2008 1 year ago 2.9
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Song and calls from two birds in a mixed feeding flock. Locality Milpe, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
(ssp minor)
Nick Athanas 15 December 2002 2 years ago 3.5
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