Rufous-crowned greenlet

Rufous-crowned greenlet
Rufous-crowned greenlet at São Luiz do Paraitinga, São Paulo state, Brazil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Vireonidae
Genus: Hylophilus
Species: H. poicilotis
Binomial name
Hylophilus poicilotis
Temminck, 1822

The rufous-crowned greenlet (Hylophilus poicilotis) is a species of bird in the Vireonidae family, the vireos. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay; also southern regions of the Pantanal surrounding the Paraguay River.

Hylophilus poicilotis 1838

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and heavily degraded former forest.




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