Ochre-crowned Greenlet
Tunchiornis ochraceiceps (Sclater, PL 1860)
The tawny-crowned greenlet is a species of bird in the family Vireonidae and is the only species placed in the genus Tunchiornis. It is found in Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest. Source: Wikipedia
Classification
Order:Passeriformes
Family:
Vireonidae
Genus:
Tunchiornis
Scientific:
Tunchiornis ochraceiceps
Original description
Citation:
(Sclater, PL 1860)
Reference:
Proc. Zool. Soc. London
pt.27, no.3 p.375
Imprint year:
1859
Protonym:
Hylophilus ochraceiceps
Type locality:
Playa Vicente, Oaxaca.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/156166#page/467/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
D832707B7882C9AE
Avibase ID:
avibase-D832707B
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/D832707B
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 560523
Ochre-crowned Greenlet
Bulgarian:
Оранжевоглав зелен виреон
Catalan:
vireó de coroneta rogenca
Danish:
Brunpandet Dværgvireo
Esperanto:
okrakrona vireo
Spanish:
Verdillo Coronipardo
Spanish (Spain):
Verdillo coronipardo
French:
Viréon à calotte rousse
Icelandic:
Krúnugræningi
Dutch:
Okerkruinvireo
Norwegian:
okerkronevireo
Polish:
leśniak rdzawoczelny
Slovak:
vireo okrovočelý
Serbian:
Severni okeroglavi zelenić
Swedish:
ockrakronad vireo
Turkish:
Kızılca Tepeli Yaprak Vireosu
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Ochre-crowned Greenlet ( Tunchiornis ochraceiceps) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Ochre-crowned Greenlet ( Tunchiornis ochraceiceps) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Ochre-crowned Greenlet ( Tunchiornis ochraceiceps) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Ochre-crowned Greenlet ( Tunchiornis ochraceiceps) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Tawny-crowned Greenlet [ochraceiceps, pallidipectus, nelsoni or bulunensis] ( Hylophilus ochraceiceps [ochraceiceps, pallidipectus, nelsoni or bulunensis]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Tawny-crowned Greenlet [ochraceiceps, pallidipectus, nelsoni or bulunensis] ( Hylophilus ochraceiceps [ochraceiceps, pallidipectus, nelsoni or bulunensis]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Tawny-crowned Greenlet [ochraceiceps, pallidipectus, nelsoni or bulunensis] ( Hylophilus ochraceiceps [ochraceiceps, pallidipectus, nelsoni or bulunensis]) |
| Avilist 2025: Ochre-crowned Greenlet ( Tunchiornis ochraceiceps) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2025: Ochre-crowned Greenlet ( Tunchiornis ochraceiceps) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2017: Tawny-crowned Greenlet (Tawny-crowned) ( Tunchiornis ochraceiceps [ochraceiceps Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2018: Tawny-crowned Greenlet (Tawny-crowned) ( Tunchiornis ochraceiceps [ochraceiceps Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2019: Tawny-crowned Greenlet (Tawny-crowned) ( Tunchiornis ochraceiceps [ochraceiceps Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2021: Tawny-crowned Greenlet (Tawny-crowned) ( Tunchiornis ochraceiceps [ochraceiceps Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2022: Tawny-crowned Greenlet (Tawny-crowned) ( Tunchiornis ochraceiceps [ochraceiceps Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2023: Tawny-crowned Greenlet (Tawny-crowned) ( Tunchiornis ochraceiceps [ochraceiceps Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2024: Tawny-crowned Greenlet (Tawny-crowned) ( Tunchiornis ochraceiceps [ochraceiceps Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2025: Ochre-crowned Greenlet ( Tunchiornis ochraceiceps) [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)
This taxon is considered a subspecies of
Tunchiornis [ochraceiceps or ferrugineifrons]
(sensu lato) by some authors
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
German: Fuchsscheitelvireo [ochraceiceps-Gruppe]
English: Ochre-crowned Greenlet, Tawny-crowned Greenlet (Tawny-crowned), Tawny-crowned Greenlet [ochraceiceps, pallidipectus, nelsoni or bulunensis]
English, HBW: Tawny-crowned Greenlet (Tawny-crowned)
English (IOC): Tawny-crowned Greenlet (Tawny-crowned)
English (United States): Tawny-crowned Greenlet (Tawny-crowned)
Esperanto: okrakrona vireo
Spanish: Verdillo Leonado (grupo ochraceiceps), Vireocillo Corona Canela (grupo ochraceiceps)
Spanish (Costa Rica): Verdillo Leonado (grupo ochraceiceps), Verdillo Leonado [grupo ochraceiceps]
Spanish (Ecuador): Verdillo Coronileonado [Grupo ochraceiceps]
Spanish (Spain): Verdillo leonado (grupo ochraceiceps), Verdillo Leonado [ochraceiceps Group]
Spanish (HBW): Tawny-crowned Greenlet (Tawny-crowned)
Spanish (Mexico): Vireocillo Corona Canela (grupo ochraceiceps)
Spanish (Panama): Verdillo Coronileonado (grupo ochraceiceps)
Spanish (Peru): Verdillo de Corona Leonada [grupo ochraceiceps]
French: Viréo à calotte rousse, Viréon à calotte rousse, Viréon à calotte rousse (ochraceiceps), Viréon à calotte rousse [ochraceiceps, pallidipectus, nelsoni ou bulunensis], Viréon à calotte rousse [ochraceiceps]
Icelandic: Krúnugræningi [ochraceiceps hópur]
Japanese (romaji): kigashirahimemozumodoki (ochraceiceps guru-pu)
Japanese: キガシラヒメモズモドキ (ochraceiceps グループ), キガシラヒメモズモドキ（ochraceiceps グループ）
Scientific: Hylophilus ochraceiceps, Hylophilus ochraceiceps [ochraceiceps, pallidipectus, nelsoni or bulunensis], Hylophilus ochraceiceps ochraceiceps, Tunchiornis ochraceiceps, Tunchiornis ochraceiceps [ochraceiceps Group]
Dutch: Okerkapvireo (ochraceiceps groep)
Norwegian: rustpannevireo (ochraceiceps gr.)
Polish: leśniak rdzawoczelny [gr. ochraceiceps]
Portuguese (Brazil): vite-vite-uirapuru [grupo ochraceiceps]
Portuguese (Portugal): vite-vite-de-coroa-castanha [grupo ochraceiceps]
Russian: Охристолобый виреончик [группа ochraceiceps]
Slovak: vireo okrovočelý (skup.)
Swedish: rostpannad vireo [gruppen ochraceiceps], rostpannad vireo [ochraceiceps Group]
Turkish: Kızıl tepeli yaprak vireosu [ochraceiceps grubu]
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