| Lesser Greenlet Pachysylvia decurtata (aka Hylophilus decurtatus) |
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Tikal, Guatemala March 2015 The Lesser Greenlet is distributed from south-eastern Mexico through Central America to Colombia, Ecuador and north-west Peru. See the distribution map at Birdlife International. It is found in evergreen and semi-deciduous forest and forest edges up to about 1,000m in the main. |
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The smallest member of the vireo family it feeds mainly on invertebrates. The birds I saw were very active and restless and often hung upside down while searching the leaves for prey. | |
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