Ashy-headed Greenlet

Ashy-headed Greenlet

Hylophilus pectoralis

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Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Belém

In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%

29 Verified sightings at Belém
77 In 1 park From 2019 to 2026
December Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Ashy-headed Greenlet

The ashy-headed greenlet (Hylophilus pectoralis) is a species of bird in the family Vireonidae, the vireos, greenlets, and shrike-babblers. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.

The ashy-headed greenlet is monotypic. It and the olivaceous greenlet (H. olivaceus) are sister species. The ashy-headed greenlet is 12 cm (4.7 in) long and weighs 10.3 to 12.4 g (0.36 to 0.44 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a dull gray forehead, crown, and nape. They have a dull grayish white supercilium and grayish ear coverts. Their upperparts are dull greenish. Their wings and tail are dull greenish with brighter greenish edges on the feathers. Their chin is off-white, their throat mottled grayish white, their breast greenish yellow, their flanks grayish, and their belly dull white. They have a brown or orangey-brown iris, a dark brown maxilla, a lighter brown mandible, and pink-brown legs and feet. Juveniles have a more buffy (less gray) crown than adults.

The ashy-headed greenlet has a disjunct distribution. Its main range forms a rough backwards "E" shape that... Wikipedia →

Sounds

Call0:07

Brazil · 2026

© JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA · XC1136826 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Song1:08

Brazil · 2022

© Ricardo Gagliardi · XC836532 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Song0:25

Paraguay · 2021

© Alejandra Benitez Stanley · XC742721 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Goiânia 🇧🇷 Brazil
~20%
2 São Luís 🇧🇷 Brazil
~20%
3 Belém 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing an Ashy-headed Greenlet in Belém?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Ashy-headed Greenlet sighting in Belém on a given day, based on 29 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 56th most-seen of the 144 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see an Ashy-headed Greenlet in Belém?

December

In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report an Ashy-headed Greenlet in Belém on a given day, against under 5% in May and September, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see an Ashy-headed Greenlet?

Between 7 and 10 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Ashy-headed Greenlet sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Is Belém the best place to see an Ashy-headed Greenlet?

3rd of 3

Of the 3 cities where we can rate Ashy-headed Greenlet sightings, Belém ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Goiânia (Brazil, about 20%) and São Luís (Brazil, about 20%).

Where does the Ashy-headed Greenlet sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Ashy-headed Greenlet is recorded against all the birds logged in Belém (29 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.

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