Listen to the Ochre-crowned greenlet
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About the Ochre-crowned greenlet
The Ochre-crowned greenlet is a bird in the family Vireonidae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”. Adults weigh around 11 g.
What does the Ochre-crowned greenlet sound like?
Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
The recordings here are labelled as song. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The ochre-crowned greenlet (Tunchiornis ochraceiceps) is a species of bird in the family Vireonidae, the vireos, greenlets, and shrike-babblers. It is found in Mexico, in every Central American country except El Salvador, and in Colombia and Ecuador. This species was formerly known as the tawny-crowned greenlet and was considered to be conspecific with the Para greenlet, Guianan greenlet and rufous-fronted greenlet.
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Vireo olivaceus
Blue-headed vireo
Vireo solitarius
Bell's vireo
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White-eyed vireo
Vireo griseus
Warbling vireo
Vireo gilvus
Rufous-browed peppershrike
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Black-billed peppershrike
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Brown-capped vireo
Vireo leucophrys
Plumbeous vireo
Vireo plumbeus
Cassin's vireo
Vireo cassinii
Gray vireo
Vireo vicinior
Lemon-chested greenlet
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Frequently asked questions
What does an Ochre-crowned greenlet sound like?
You can hear 1 recording of the Ochre-crowned greenlet on this page, including its song. Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
Is the Ochre-crowned greenlet endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Ochre-crowned greenlet as “least concern”.
What family does the Ochre-crowned greenlet belong to?
The Ochre-crowned greenlet (Tunchiornis ochraceiceps) belongs to the family Vireonidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Song · Napo: 3 km NW Guagua Sumaco, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q790604 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Ochre-crowned greenlet – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Dominic Sherony – CC BY-SA 2.0