Avibase: Tunchiornis ochraceiceps (Ochre-crowned Greenlet)

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

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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

Geographic range:

Tunchiornis ochraceiceps: Gulf lowlands of southern Mexico to western Ecuador
Tunchiornis ochraceiceps ochraceiceps: Gulf lowlands of southern Mexico to Guatemala
Tunchiornis ochraceiceps pallidipectus: tropical Honduras to western Panama
Tunchiornis ochraceiceps nelsoni: eastern Panama (Veraguas to Darién)
Tunchiornis ochraceiceps bulunensis: far eastern Panama to Pacific coast of Colombia and western Ecuador
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Source: Clements checklist

English:
Ochre-crowned Greenlet
Bulgarian:
Оранжевоглав зелен виреон
Catalan:
vireó de coroneta rogenca
Czech:
zelenáček hnědočelý
Danish:
Brunpandet Dværgvireo
German:
Fuchsscheitelvireo
Esperanto:
okrakrona vireo
Spanish:
Verdillo Coronipardo
Spanish (Spain):
Verdillo coronipardo
Finnish:
ruso-otsavireo
French:
Viréon à calotte rousse
Croatian:
smeđokrili vireo
Hungarian:
barna füzikelombgébics
Icelandic:
Krúnugræningi
Italian:
Verdello capofulvo
Japanese:
キガシラヒメモズモドキ
Lithuanian:
rusvavainikis Pietų Amerikos vireonas
Dutch:
Okerkruinvireo
Norwegian:
okerkronevireo
Polish:
leśniak rdzawoczelny
Portuguese:
vite-vite-uirapuru
Portuguese (Portugal):
vite-vite-de-coroa-castanha
Russian:
Охристолобый виреончик
Slovak:
vireo okrovočelý
Serbian:
Severni okeroglavi zelenić
Swedish:
ockrakronad vireo
Turkish:
Kızılca Tepeli Yaprak Vireosu
Ukrainian:
віреончик рудолобий
Chinese:
褐顶绿莺雀
Chinese (Traditional):
茶色頂綠鶯鵙

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) [version 1]
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]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.2: 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.

Bulgarian: Оранжевоглав зелен виреон
Catalan: vireó de coroneta rogenca
Czech: zelenáček hnědočelý
Danish: Brunpandet Dværgvireo
German: Fuchsscheitelvireo [ochraceiceps-Gruppe]
English: Ochre-crowned Greenlet, Tawny-crowned Greenlet (Tawny-crowned), Tawny-crowned Greenlet [ochraceiceps, pallidipectus, nelsoni or bulunensis]
English (Avilist): Ochre-crowned Greenlet
English, HBW: Tawny-crowned Greenlet (Tawny-crowned)
English (IOC): Tawny-crowned Greenlet (Ochre-crowned), Tawny-crowned Greenlet (Tawny-crowned)
English (United States): Ochre-crowned Greenlet, Tawny-crowned Greenlet (Tawny-crowned)
Esperanto: okrakrona vireo
Spanish: Verdillo Coronipardo, Verdillo Leonado (grupo ochraceiceps), Vireocillo Corona Canela (grupo ochraceiceps)
Spanish (Costa Rica): Verdillo Leonado, Verdillo Leonado (grupo ochraceiceps), Verdillo Leonado [grupo ochraceiceps]
Spanish (Ecuador): Verdillo Coronileonado, Verdillo Coronileonado [Grupo ochraceiceps]
Spanish (Spain): Verdillo coronipardo, Verdillo leonado (grupo ochraceiceps), Verdillo Leonado [ochraceiceps Group]
Spanish (HBW): Tawny-crowned Greenlet (Tawny-crowned)
Spanish (Honduras): Vireoncillo Corona Rufa, Vireoncillo Corona Rufa (grupo ochraceiceps)
Spanish (Mexico): Vireocillo Corona Canela (grupo ochraceiceps), Vireocillo Corona Canela Norteño
Spanish (Panama): Verdillo Coronileonado (grupo ochraceiceps), Verdillo Coroniocráceo
Spanish (Peru): Verdillo de Corona Leonada [grupo ochraceiceps], Verdillo de Corona Ocre
Spanish (Venezuela): Verderón Frente Rufa [grupo ochraceiceps]
Finnish: ruso-otsavireo
French: Viréo à calotte rousse, Viréon à calotte rousse, Viréon à calotte rousse (groupe ochraceiceps), Viréon à calotte rousse (ochraceiceps), Viréon à calotte rousse [ochraceiceps, pallidipectus, nelsoni ou bulunensis], Viréon à calotte rousse [ochraceiceps]
French (Guyane): Viréon à calotte rousse (groupe ochraceiceps)
Croatian: smeđokrili vireo
Hungarian: barna füzikelombgébics
Icelandic: Krúnugræningi, Krúnugræningi [ochraceiceps hópur]
Italian: Verdello capofulvo
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]
Lithuanian: rusvavainikis Pietų Amerikos vireonas
Dutch: Okerkapvireo (ochraceiceps groep), Okerkruinvireo
Norwegian: okerkronevireo, rustpannevireo (ochraceiceps gr.)
Polish: leśniak rdzawoczelny, leśniak rdzawoczelny [gr. ochraceiceps]
Portuguese: vite-vite-uirapuru
Portuguese (Brazil): vite-vite-uirapuru [grupo ochraceiceps]
Portuguese (Portugal): vite-vite-de-coroa-castanha [grupo ochraceiceps]
Russian: Охристолобый виреончик [группа ochraceiceps]
Slovak: vireo okrovočelý, vireo okrovočelý (skup.)
Serbian: Severni okeroglavi zelenić
Swedish: ockrakronad vireo, rostpannad vireo [gruppen ochraceiceps], rostpannad vireo [ochraceiceps Group]
Turkish: Kızıl tepeli yaprak vireosu [ochraceiceps grubu], Kızılca Tepeli Yaprak Vireosu
Ukrainian: Віреончик рудолобий [група ochraceiceps]
Chinese: 褐顶绿莺雀
Chinese (Traditional): 茶色頂綠鶯鵙