Brown-headed greenlet | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Vireonidae |
Genus: | Hylophilus |
Species: | H. brunneiceps |
Binomial name | |
Hylophilus brunneiceps PL Sclater, 1866 | |
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