Scrub Greenlet

It is a bird of forest edges and savanna which builds a deep cup nest suspended from a tree branch. The typical clutch is three white eggs, which are marked with brown.

The Scrub Greenlet is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

Description: The scrub greenlet is a member of the vireo family. It is found from southern Costa Rica to northern Colombia and Venezuela, and is fairly common in scrubby areas, shrubby clearings, and forest edges in lowland areas. Photographed in Gamboa, Panama. More

The Scrub Greenlet or Scrub Vireo, Hylophilus flavipes, is a small passerine bird in the vireo family. It breeds in Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela and Tobago. It is a bird of forest edges and savanna which builds a deep cup nest suspended from a tree branch. The typical clutch is three white eggs, which are marked with brown. The adult Scrub Greenlet is 11.5 cm long and weighs 13 g. More

The adult Scrub Greenlet is 11.5 cm long and weighs 13 g. It is mainly green on the upperparts, with brighter wings and rump, and an olive-brown head with very weak supercilium (line above eye) and yellowish eyering. The underparts are yellow, the bill is mainly dark and the legs are pale. The race H. f. insularis is a large, strong-billed form with a brown iris endemic to Tobago. Other races differ in underpart tone. Click here for photo. More

Scrub Greenlet Hylophilus flavipes: near Camarones, west of Riohacha: More

Scrub Greenlet (Hylophilus flavipes) by Chris Parrish. More