Hylophilus ochraceiceps
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In 3 days <5% in a week ~10%
The ochre-crowned greenlet (Tunchiornis ochraceiceps) is a species of bird in the family Vireonidae, the vireos, greenlets, and shrike-babblers. It is found in Mexico, in every Central American country except El Salvador, and in Colombia and Ecuador. This species was formerly known as the tawny-crowned greenlet and was considered to be conspecific with the Para greenlet, Guianan greenlet and rufous-fronted greenlet.
The ochre-crowned greenlet was formally described in 1860 as Hylophilus ochraceiceps by the English zoologist Philip Sclater. The specimen had been collected in the state of Oaxaca of southwestern Mexico by the French ornithologist Adolphe Boucard. The specific epithet combines the Modern Latin ochraceus meaning "ochraceous" with -ceps meaning "-capped". The species is now placed in the genus Tunchiornis that was introduced in 2014.
The IOC and AviList recognize these five subspecies: Wikipedia →
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Tawny-crowned Greenlet sighting in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve on a given day, based on 164 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 199th most-seen of the 412 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, and over a week to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Tawny-crowned Greenlet in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Tawny-crowned Greenlet sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
23rd of 30
Of the 30 parks where we can rate Tawny-crowned Greenlet sightings, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve ranks 23rd at under 5%. The best odds are in Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary (Belize, about 30%), Corcovado National Park (Costa Rica, about 20%) and Tikal National Park (Guatemala, about 20%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Tawny-crowned Greenlet is recorded against all the birds logged in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve (164 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
