Golden-fronted Greenlet

Golden-fronted Greenlet

Hylophilus aurantiifrons

Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR
Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Valencia, Venezuela

In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%

66 Verified sightings at Valencia, Venezuela
2,614 In all 7 parks From 2019 to 2026
July Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Golden-fronted Greenlet

The golden-fronted greenlet (Pachysylvia aurantiifrons) is a small passerine bird in the family Vireonidae, the vireos, greenlets, and shrike-babblers. It is found in Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, and Trinidad. The golden-fronted greenlet was originally described in 1861 as Hylophilus aurantiifrons.

In the early twentieth century what is now the dusky-capped greenlet (P. hypoxantha) was also included as a subspecies. The golden-fronted and rufous-naped (P. semibrunnea) greenlets are sister species and form a superspecies.

The golden-fronted greenlet is 11 to 12 cm (4.3 to 4.7 in) long and weighs an average of 9.5 g (0.34 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies have an ochre-olive forehead and a buffy brown crown. Their upperparts are greenish brown that is more yellowish green on the rump. Their wings' coverts are greenish brown and their primaries and secondaries are dull blackish gray with thin greenish edges on the outer... Wikipedia →

Sounds

Song0:19

Panama · 2021

© Pedro Luis Castillo · XC644189 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Call0:33

Venezuela · 1997

© Peter Boesman · XC224330 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Aberrant0:41

Venezuela · 2021

© Francisco contreras · XC661061 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Henri Pittier National Park 🇻🇪 Venezuela
~30%
2 Parque Natural Metropolitano 🇵🇦 Panama
~20%
3 Tayrona National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
~20%
4 Soberanía National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~10%
5 San Lorenzo Protected Forest 🇵🇦 Panama
~10%
6 Chagres National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
<5%
7 Caroni Swamp 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Caracas 🇻🇪 Venezuela
~30%
2 Valencia 🇻🇪 Venezuela
~10%
3 Panama City 🇵🇦 Panama
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Golden-fronted Greenlet in Valencia, Venezuela?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Golden-fronted Greenlet sighting in Valencia, Venezuela on a given day, based on 66 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 68th most-seen of the 186 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Golden-fronted Greenlet in Valencia, Venezuela?

January, April–May, July and October–November

In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Golden-fronted Greenlet in Valencia, Venezuela on a given day, against under 5% in February–March, June, August–September and December, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Golden-fronted Greenlet?

Between 8 and 11 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Golden-fronted 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 Valencia, Venezuela the best place to see a Golden-fronted Greenlet?

2nd of 3

Of the 3 cities where we can rate Golden-fronted Greenlet sightings, Valencia, Venezuela ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Caracas (Venezuela, about 30%).

Where does the Golden-fronted Greenlet sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Golden-fronted Greenlet is recorded against all the birds logged in Valencia, Venezuela (66 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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