Hylophilus

For the beetle genus HylophilusBerthold, 1827, see Aderus .

Hylophilus
Ashy-headed greenlet (Hylophilus pectoralis)
Scientific classification
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.

Species

Established by Coenraad Jacob Temminck in 1822, it contains the following species as of 2014 ^[update] : ^[3]

Image	Common name	Scientific name	Distribution
	Grey-eyed greenlet	Hylophilus amaurocephalus	Bolivia and Brazil.
	Rufous-crowned greenlet	Hylophilus poicilotis	Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay
	Olivaceous greenlet	Hylophilus olivaceus	Ecuador and Peru.
	Ashy-headed greenlet	Hylophilus pectoralis	Bolivia, Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.
	Brown-headed greenlet	Hylophilus brunneiceps	Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela.
	Lemon-chested greenlet	Hylophilus thoracicus	Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.
	Scrub greenlet	Hylophilus flavipes	Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela and Tobago.
	Grey-chested greenlet	Hylophilus semicinereus	Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Peru, and Venezuela.

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

References

1. Temminck, C. J. (1822). "Planche 173". Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux. Vol. 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.

External links

• Reynolds, Francis J., ed. (1921). "Greenlet"  . Collier's New Encyclopedia . New York: P. F. Collier & Son Company.
• Media related to Hylophilus at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Hylophilus at Wikispecies