Golden-fronted Greenlet

Taxobox
name = Golden-fronted Greenlet
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Vireonidae
genus = "Hylophilus"
species = "H. aurantiifrons"
binomial = "Hylophilus aurantiifrons"
binomial_authority = (Lawrence |, 1862)

The Golden-fronted Greenlet, "Hylophilus aurantiifrons", is a small passerine bird in the vireo family. It breeds in Panama, Colombia, Venezuela and Trinidad.

It is a bird of forests and secondary growth which builds a deep cup nest suspended from a tree branch or vine. The typical clutch is three white eggs, which are marked with brown. This species is parasitised by the Shiny Cowbird.

The adult Golden-fronted Greenlet is 12 cm long and weighs 9.5 g. It is mainly green on the upperparts, with browner wings and tail, and a cinnamon tinge to the front and sides of the head. The underparts are yellow. The call is a "chee-veee".

Golden-fronted Greenlets feed on insects and spiders taken from the upper and middle levels of tree foliage. They often form small flocks.

References

* Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
*cite book
last = ffrench
first = Richard
title = A Guide to the Birds of Trinidad and Tobago
edition = 2nd edition
year = 1991
publisher = Comstock Publishing
isbn = 0-8014-9792-2
*cite book
last = Hilty
first = Steven L
title = Birds of Venezuela
publisher = Christopher Helm
date = 2003
location = London
isbn = 0-7136-6418-5