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Vireos (Vireonidae)

Tawny-crowned Greenlet (Hylophilus ochraceiceps) - HBW 15, p. 438

French: Viréon à calotte rousse German: Fuchsscheitelvireo Spanish: Verdillo Leonado
Other common names: Red-fronted Greenlet (luteifrons, lutescens and rubrifrons)

Taxonomy: Hylophilus ochraceiceps P. L. Sclater, 1860, Playa Vicente, Oaxaca, Mexico.
Sometimes suggested that dark-eyed "rubrifrons group" (including also luteifrons and lutescens) of Amazonia may represent a separate species, but no apparent distinctions in vocalizations between this group and birds in rest of species' range. Race nelsoni rather poorly differentiated, possibly only an intergrade between adjacent races (pallidipectus and bulunensis). Ten subspecies currently recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

  • ochraceiceps P. L. Sclater, 1860 - S Mexico (from S Veracruz and N Oaxaca) E, including most of Yucatán Peninsula, to N Guatemala and Belize.
  • pallidipectus ( Ridgway, 1903) - S Guatemala and Honduras S on Caribbean slope to NW Panama (Bocas del Toro).
  • pacificus Parkes, 1991 - Pacific slope of Costa Rica (S from Carara) and W Panama (E to W Chiriquí).

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  • ochraceiceps P. L. Sclater, 1860 - S Mexico (from S Veracruz and N Oaxaca) E, including most of Yucatán Peninsula, to N Guatemala and Belize.
  • pallidipectus ( Ridgway, 1903) - S Guatemala and Honduras S on Caribbean slope to NW Panama (Bocas del Toro).
  • pacificus Parkes, 1991 - Pacific slope of Costa Rica (S from Carara) and W Panama (E to W Chiriquí).
  • nelsoni (Todd, 1929) - Panama from Chiriquí E to W Darién.
  • bulunensis E. J. O. Hartert, 1902 - E Panama (Darién) and adjacent W Colombia S to NW Ecuador (Esmeraldas).
  • ferrugineifrons P. L. Sclater, 1862 - SE Venezuela (Amazonas, Bolívar except E) and adjacent W Guyana, SE & E Colombia (S from Meta) and E Ecuador (E of Andes), NE Peru and NW Brazil (Roraima W of R Negro, S to R Juruá and R Purús).
  • viridior ( Todd, 1929) - S Peru and N Bolivia (E to Santa Cruz).
  • luteifrons P. L. Sclater, 1881 - SE Venezuela (E Bolívar), the Guianas, and N Brazil (E from R Branco, S to R Amazon).
  • lutescens (E. Snethlage, 1914) - NC Brazil S of R Amazon (R Madeira E to R Xingu).
  • rubrifrons P. L. Sclater & Salvin, 1867 - NE Brazil S of R Amazon (R Tocantins and NE Pará).
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