Ashy-headed Greenlet (Hylophilus pectoralis)
Ashy-headed Greenlet, Brazil, Sept 2000 - click for larger image Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil
September 2000

The Greenlets are small vireos looking more like warblers and being more active when feeding.

There are a few similar looking Greenlets but the Ashy-headed Greenlet is noted for its dark red iris, its grey head and nape and the dull yellow on its breast.

Ashy-headed Greenlet, Brazil, Sept 2000 - click for larger image They inhabit deciduous and gallery woodland (Hylophilus from hule = Greek for woodland + philos = Greek for fond of.)

There is an illustration in Ridgely & Tudor, Volume 1, Plate 8
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