Hylophilus

Hylophilus
Ashy-headed greenlet (Hylophilus pectoralis)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Vireonidae
Genus: Hylophilus
Temminck, 1822[1]
Type species
Hylophilus thoracicus[2]
Temminck, 1822

Hylophilus is a genus of bird in the family Vireonidae.

Species

Established by Coenraad Jacob Temminck in 1822, it contains the following species as of 2014:[3]

Image Common name Scientific name Distribution
Grey-eyed greenlet Hylophilus amaurocephalus Bolivia and Brazil.
Rufous-crowned greenlet Hylophilus poicilotis Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay
Olivaceous greenlet Hylophilus olivaceus Ecuador and Peru.
Ashy-headed greenlet Hylophilus pectoralis Bolivia, Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.
Brown-headed greenlet Hylophilus brunneiceps Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela.
Lemon-chested greenlet Hylophilus thoracicus Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.
Scrub greenlet Hylophilus flavipes Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela and Tobago.
Grey-chested greenlet Hylophilus semicinereus Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Peru, and Venezuela.
Beni greenlet Hylophilus moxensis Bolivia

The name Hylophilus is composed of the Greek words for "forest" or "woodland" (hulē) and "-loving" (philos, from phileō, meaning "to love").[4]

References

  1. ^ Temminck, C. J. (1822). "Planche 173". Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux. Vol. 3. Paris: F. G. Levrault.
  2. ^ American Ornithologists' Union (1895). "Hypothetical List". Check-List of North American Birds (2nd and rev. ed.). New York: American Ornithologists' Union. p. 331.
  3. ^ "ITIS Report: Hylophilus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  4. ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Names. London, UK: Christopher Helm. p. 197. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  • Reynolds, Francis J., ed. (1921). "Greenlet" . Collier's New Encyclopedia. New York: P. F. Collier & Son Company.
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