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Para Greenlet

Tunchiornis rubrifrons (Sclater, PL; Salvin, O 1867)

Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Vireonidae
Genus:
   Tunchiornis
Scientific:
  Tunchiornis rubrifrons


Original description

Citation:
  (Sclater, PL; Salvin, O 1867)

Reference:
   Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1867, pt.2 p.569-570, pl. XXX, fig. 1*

Imprint year:
  1867

Protonym:
  Hylophilus rubrifrons

Type locality:
  Amazon river [= Pará, fide Hellmayr, 1935, Field

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/93424#page/591/mode/1up


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  14749B463919166B

Avibase ID:
  avibase-14749B46

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/14749B46


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 919761

Geographic range:

  • Tunchiornis rubrifrons: northern Brazil south of the Amazon River (Rio Madeira to Pará)
  • Tunchiornis rubrifrons rubrifrons: northeastern Brazil (Rio Tocantins to Pará)
  • Tunchiornis rubrifrons lutescens: northern Brazil south of the Amazon River (Rio Madeira to Rio Xingú)
English:
Para Greenlet
Catalan:
vireó front-rogenc
Danish:
Pará Dværgvireo
Esperanto:
paraa vireo
Spanish:
Verdillo Frentirrufo
Spanish (Spain):
Verdillo frentirrufo
French:
Viréon à front rouge
Dutch:
Paravireo
Norwegian:
parávireo
Polish:
leśniak płomiennogłowy
Portuguese (Brazil):
vite-vite-uirapuru (rubrifrons/lutescens)
Slovak:
vireo červenočelý
Serbian:
Brazilski okeroglavi zelenić
Swedish:
brasilienvireo
Turkish:
Kırmızı Alınlı Yaprak Vireosu


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Para Greenlet ( Tunchiornis rubrifrons) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Para Greenlet ( Tunchiornis rubrifrons) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Para Greenlet ( Tunchiornis rubrifrons) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025):
Para Greenlet ( Tunchiornis rubrifrons) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Tawny-crowned Greenlet [Red-fronted] ( Hylophilus ochraceiceps [lutescens or rubrifrons])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Tawny-crowned Greenlet [Red-fronted] ( Hylophilus ochraceiceps [lutescens or rubrifrons])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Tawny-crowned Greenlet [Red-fronted] ( Hylophilus ochraceiceps [lutescens or rubrifrons])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Tawny-crowned Greenlet [Red-fronted] ( Hylophilus ochraceiceps [lutescens or rubrifrons])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Tawny-crowned Greenlet [Red-fronted] ( Hylophilus ochraceiceps [lutescens or rubrifrons])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Tawny-crowned Greenlet [Red-fronted] ( Hylophilus ochraceiceps [lutescens or rubrifrons])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Tawny-crowned Greenlet [Red-fronted] ( Hylophilus ochraceiceps [lutescens or rubrifrons])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Tawny-crowned Greenlet [Red-fronted] ( Hylophilus ochraceiceps [lutescens or rubrifrons])
Avilist 2025:
Para Greenlet ( Tunchiornis rubrifrons) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Rufous-fronted Greenlet ( Tunchiornis rubrifrons) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Rufous-fronted Greenlet ( Tunchiornis rubrifrons) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Rufous-fronted Greenlet ( Tunchiornis rubrifrons) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025):
Rufous-fronted Greenlet ( Tunchiornis rubrifrons) [version 1]
Clements, version 2025:
Para Greenlet ( Tunchiornis rubrifrons) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
Tawny-crowned Greenlet (Red-fronted) ( Hylophilus ochraceiceps lutescens/rubrifrons) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
Tawny-crowned Greenlet (Red-fronted) ( Hylophilus ochraceiceps rubrifrons/lutescens) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
Tawny-crowned Greenlet (Red-fronted) ( Hylophilus ochraceiceps rubrifrons/lutescens) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
Tawny-crowned Greenlet (Red-fronted) ( Hylophilus ochraceiceps rubrifrons/lutescens) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Tawny-crowned Greenlet (Red-fronted) ( Hylophilus ochraceiceps rubrifrons/lutescens) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
Tawny-crowned Greenlet (Red-fronted) ( Tunchiornis ochraceiceps rubrifrons/lutescens) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
Tawny-crowned Greenlet (Red-fronted) ( Tunchiornis ochraceiceps rubrifrons/lutescens) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Tawny-crowned Greenlet (Red-fronted) ( Tunchiornis ochraceiceps rubrifrons/lutescens) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Tawny-crowned Greenlet (Red-fronted) ( Tunchiornis ochraceiceps rubrifrons/lutescens) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Tawny-crowned Greenlet (Red-fronted) ( Tunchiornis ochraceiceps rubrifrons/lutescens) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Tawny-crowned Greenlet (Red-fronted) ( Tunchiornis ochraceiceps rubrifrons/lutescens) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Tawny-crowned Greenlet (Red-fronted) ( Tunchiornis ochraceiceps rubrifrons/lutescens) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Tawny-crowned Greenlet (Red-fronted) ( Tunchiornis ochraceiceps rubrifrons/lutescens) [version 1]
eBird version 2024:
Tawny-crowned Greenlet (Red-fronted) ( Tunchiornis ochraceiceps rubrifrons/lutescens) [version 1]
eBird version 2025:
Para Greenlet ( Tunchiornis rubrifrons) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.2:
Para Greenlet ( Tunchiornis rubrifrons) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Tunchiornis [ochraceiceps, ferrugineifrons, luteifrons or rubrifrons] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Catalan: vireó front-rogenc
Danish: Pará Dværgvireo
German: Fuchsscheitelvireo (rubrifrons/lutescens)
English: Para Greenlet, Rufous-fronted Greenlet, Tawny-crowned Greenlet (Red-fronted), Tawny-crowned Greenlet [Red-fronted]
English (Avilist): Para Greenlet
English, HBW: Tawny-crowned Greenlet (Red-fronted)
English (IOC): Tawny-crowned Greenlet (Para), Tawny-crowned Greenlet (Red-fronted)
English (United States): Para Greenlet, Tawny-crowned Greenlet (Red-fronted)
Esperanto: paraa vireo
Spanish: Verdillo Frentirrufo, Verdillo Leonado (rubrifrons/lutescens), Vireocillo Corona Canela (rubrifrons/lutescens)
Spanish (Costa Rica): Verdillo Leonado (rubrifrons/lutescens)
Spanish (Ecuador): Verdillo Coronileonado (rubrifrons/lutescens), Verdillo del Pará
Spanish (Spain): Verdillo frentirrufo, Verdillo Leonado (rubrifrons/lutescens)
Spanish (HBW): Tawny-crowned Greenlet (Red-fronted)
Spanish (Honduras): Vireoncillo Corona Rufa (rubrifrons/lutescens), Vireoncillo de Para
Spanish (Mexico): Vireocillo Corona Canela (rubrifrons/lutescens), Vireocillo Corona Canela Brasileño
Spanish (Panama): Verdillo Coronileonado (rubrifrons/lutescens)
Spanish (Peru): Verdillo de Corona Leonada (rubrifrons/lutescens), Verdillo de Pará
Spanish (Venezuela): Verderón Frente Rufa (rubrifrons/lutescens)
French: Viréo à front roux, Viréon à calotte rousse (à front roux), Viréon à calotte rousse (forme à front roux), Viréon à calotte rousse (rubrifrons/lutescens), Viréon à calotte rousse [lutescens ou rubrifrons], Viréon à calotte rousse [rubrifrons ou lutescens], Viréon à front rouge
French (Guyane): Viréon à calotte rousse (rubrifrons/lutescens)
Icelandic: Krúnugræningi (rubrifrons/lutescens)
Japanese (romaji): kigashirahimemozumodoki (rubrifrons/lutescens)
Japanese: キガシラヒメモズモドキ (rubrifrons/lutescens), キガシラヒメモズモドキ(rubrifrons/lutescens)
Scientific: Hylophilus ochraceiceps [lutescens or rubrifrons], Hylophilus ochraceiceps lutescens, Hylophilus ochraceiceps lutescens/rubrifrons, Hylophilus ochraceiceps rubrifrons/lutescens, Pachysylvia rubrifrons lutescens, Tunchiornis ochraceiceps rubrifrons/lutescens, Tunchiornis rubrifrons
Dutch: Okerkapvireo (rubrifrons/lutescens), Paravireo
Norwegian: parávireo, rustpannevireo (rubrifrons/lutescens)
Polish: leśniak płomiennogłowy, leśniak rdzawoczelny (rubrifrons/lutescens)
Portuguese (Brazil): vite-vite-uirapuru (rubrifrons/lutescens)
Portuguese (Portugal): vite-vite-de-coroa-castanha (rubrifrons/lutescens)
Russian: Охристолобый виреончик (rubrifrons/lutescens)
Slovak: vireo červenočelý, vireo červenočelý (skup.)
Serbian: Brazilski okeroglavi zelenić
Swedish: brasilienvireo, rostpannad vireo (rubrifrons/lutescens)
Turkish: Kırmızı Alınlı Yaprak Vireosu, Kızıl tepeli yaprak vireosu (rubrifrons/lutescens)
Ukrainian: Віреончик рудолобий (підвид rubrifrons/lutescens)

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