Vireos (Vireonidae)

Scrub Greenlet (Hylophilus flavipes) - HBW 15, p. 437

French: Viréon à pattes claires German: Buschvireo Spanish: Verdillo Paticlaro
Other common names: Yellow-green Greenlet (viridiflavus and xuthus)

Taxonomy: Hylophilus flavipes Lafresnaye, 1845, "Bogotá", Colombia.
Forms a superspecies with H. olivaceus and sometimes considered conspecific. Central American races viridiflavus and xuthus differ vocally from South American ones, and may represent a separate species. Seven subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

viridiflavus Lawrence, 1862 - SW Costa Rica and Panama (Caribbean coast around Canal Zone, Pacific coast E to lower R Bayano).
xuthus Wetmore, 1957 - Coiba I, off SW Panama.
flavipes Lafresnaye, 1845 - N & W Colombia (Caribbean coast E to Santa Marta, and S in Magdalena Valley to Huila).

See all 7 subspecies

viridiflavus Lawrence, 1862 - SW Costa Rica and Panama (Caribbean coast around Canal Zone, Pacific coast E to lower R Bayano).
xuthus Wetmore, 1957 - Coiba I, off SW Panama.
flavipes Lafresnaye, 1845 - N & W Colombia (Caribbean coast E to Santa Marta, and S in Magdalena Valley to Huila).
melleus Wetmore, 1941 - extreme N Colombia (Macuira Mts, at E tip of Guajira Peninsula).
galbanus Wetmore & Phelps, Jr, 1956 - N & E Colombia (E Santa Marta and R Rancheria valley E through Guajira Peninsula except E tip, and E Andes through W Arauca and Casanare to Meta) and NW Venezuela (W Zulia, Táchira, N Mérida, Barinas, Portuguesa).
acuticauda Lawrence, 1865 - N Venezuela (E Zulia E to Sucre, S to Apure and SE Bolívar; also Margarita I).
insularis P. L. Sclater, 1861 - Tobago I.