Vireos, Greenlets, Shrike-babblers

Lesser Greenlet

Pachysylvia decurtata

The Lesser Greenlet (Pachysylvia decurtata) is an 8.5 g forest bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Vireos, Greenlets, Shrike-babblers

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

8.5 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

11

Recorded in Costa Rica, Belize, Panama, Guatemala, Mexico, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Honduras, Colombia, El Salvador, Peru.

Where to see it: Canopy Tower (Panama); PN Tikal · sitio arqueológico (Guatemala); Black Rock Lodge (Belize); Chaa Creek (Belize); Curi-Cancha Refugio de Vida Silvestre (Costa Rica).

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