Birds of Panama

    PASSERIFORMES: Vireonidae (Vireos, Greenlets, Shrike-babblers)  
Genus: Hylophilus (1 species, 8 worldwide)

Genus Hylophilus, Greenlets, are in the Vireo family, but are generally a bit smaller and greener. Greenlets are usually high in the canopy and often with mixed flocks.


Scrub Greenlet
Scrub Greenlet (Hylophilus flavipes flavipes)
Utica, Cundinamarca, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Note white eye, and loud repeated notes in song. Vocal and often common in hot dry lowlands.


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