Tunchiornis

Tunchiornis
Ochre-crowned greenlet (Tunchiornis ochraceiceps)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Vireonidae
Genus:	Tunchiornis Slager & Klicka, 2014
Type species
Hylophilus ochraceiceps Sclater, PL, 1860

Tunchiornis is a genus of bird in the family Vireonidae.

Species

The genus Tunchiorni was introduced in 2014 by David Slager and John Klicka. It contains the following four species: ^{[1] [2]}

Image	Common name	Scientific name	Distribution
	Ochre-crowned greenlet	Tunchiornis ochraceiceps	Mexico, Central America, western Colombia.
	Rufous-fronted greenlet	Tunchiornis ferrugineifrons	Western Amazonia.
	Guianan greenlet	Tunchiornis luteifrons	Guiana shield.
	Para greenlet	Tunchiornis rubrifrons	Pará, Brazil.

References

1. Slager, David L.; Klicka, John (2014). "Polyphyly of Hylophilus and a new genus for the Tawny-crowned Greenlet (Aves: Passeriformes: Vireonidae)". Zootaxa. 3884 (2): 194–196. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3884.2.8. PMID   25543778.
2. AviList Core Team (2025). "AviList: The Global Avian Checklist, v2025". doi: 10.2173/avilist.v2025 . Retrieved 9 December 2025.