Buff-cheeked greenlet

Buff-cheeked greenlet
Buff-cheecked Greenlet at Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Vireonidae
Genus: Pachysylvia
Species: P. muscicapina
Binomial name
Pachysylvia muscicapina
PL Sclater & Salvin, 1873
Synonyms

Hylophilus muscicapinus

The buff-cheeked greenlet (Pachysylvia muscicapina) is a species of bird in the Vireonidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

Hylophilus muscicapinus illustration by Keulemans, 1881

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