Hylophilus

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Hylophilus
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Ashy-headed greenlet (Hylophilus pectoralis)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Vireonidae
Genus: Hylophilus
Temminck, 1822 [1]
Type species
Hylophilus thoracicus [2]
Temminck, 1822

Hylophilus is a genus of bird in the family Vireonidae. Established by Coenraad Jacob Temminck in 1822, it contains the following species as of 2014: [3]

The name Hylophilus is composed of the Greek words for "forest" or "woodland" (hulē) and "-loving" (philos, from phileō, meaning "to love"). [4]

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References

  1. Temminck, C. J. (1822). "Planche 173". Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux. 3. Paris: F. G. Levrault.
  2. American Ornithologists' Union (1895). "Hypothetical List". Check-List of North American Birds (2nd and rev. ed.). New York: American Ornithologists' Union. p. 331.
  3. "ITIS Report: Hylophilus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  4. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Names. London, UK: Christopher Helm. p.  197. ISBN   978-1-4081-2501-4.