Grey-chested greenlet

Grey-chested greenlet
Grey-chested greenlet at Iranduba, Amazonas state, Brazil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Vireonidae
Genus: Hylophilus
Species: H. semicinereus
Binomial name
Hylophilus semicinereus
PL Sclater & Salvin, 1867

The grey-chested greenlet (Hylophilus semicinereus) is a species of bird in the Vireonidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest.

Hylophilus semicinereus; illustration by Smit, 1867

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