12 cm. A long-tailed green-and-yellow, rather chunky tyrannulet of the highlands. Bill short and thick, with a pink base to the mandible. Crown olive-green. Typically the cheeks are surrounded by an olive-green eyestripe and a stripe starting from the bill down below the cheeks and meeting the eyestripe behind the cheeks. Green above. Wings blackish-brown with two strong yellow-white wingbars. Below bright yellow. Tail blackish-brown frequently carried angled slightly upwards.<N Clay et al. ^75 point out that this species is most likely confused with /Phylloscartes ventralis , however the stocky jizz, larger size and the slightly upward angled tail see color sketch are prominent features of this species. If seen close the yellow fringing of the tertials is different in the two species and this is a very good criterion. Virescens has broader fringing to the outer webs with less fringing on the feather tips. In ventralis the tips of the tertials have yellow dots and the fringing on the outer webs is rather narrow and dull ^75 .
A rapid series of snickering "tick" sounds rising in pitch and then descending, about 1-5 sec. long. Also a deeper "prrr" or "piurrr" track 5 . The distinct song often delivered as a dawn song is a fast "di-dididididididididi", always descending in pitch in contrast to the song of /Phylloscartes ventralis check cut 1 .
Foraging mostly in low bushes up to 4 meters. Forages by hover-gleaning and does some sallying. Frequently in mixed bird parties.
A nest found at Fazenda Intervales Barra Grande, 800 meters, Nov. 9, 1995 was suspended over the side of a road embankment, attached to a fern-frond and had a side entrance, it contained 1 pull. The nest of /Phyllomyias sclateri was described as an open cup ^110 .
In open primary or secondary forest and forest edge with dense high undergrowth and high altitude scrub. Most common in more open areas with extensive low tree growth and bushes. I have never seen it in the canopy of humid forest ^44 .
Probably throughout at higher altitudes Serra Mantiqueira, Campos do Jord<C4>o, Fazenda Intervales, Nucleo Sta. Virginia , probably not below 800 meters and up to 2000 meters in the Serra Mantiqueira.
10246 Calls, song. Campos do Jord<C4>o. 10<10>31<10>94. Sunny, 18<91>C. Open forest.: 9440 Calls. Campos do Jord<C4>o, 10<10>31<10>94. Sunny, 18<91>C. Secondary forest, scrub.: 6290 Call. Serra da Mantiqueira, 11<10>18<10>98. Sunny, 20<91>C. High altitude scrub. With /Turdus rufiventris .: 6106 Calls. 10<10>17<10>99, Nucleo Sta. Virginia. Misty, 15<91>C. Degraded forest.: 8794 Calls. 10<10>23<10>99, Serra da Mantiqueira, Agulhas Negras road. Clear, cool, 20<91>C. Montane scrub.: 6116 Calls. Cornell Cat s32204, 32207. Itatiaia National Park, Rio de Janeiro, 11<10>27<10>82. With /Cyclarhis gujanensis, Basileuterus culicivorus Recording by T. A. Parker, III.:
16341 >: A28 . Campos do Jord<C4>o, October 1994. Photos Dr. F. Mueller:
Character status: partial decoder; angle-bracket byte markers are preserved
Recovered structure; field assignment may be heuristic
Structured account sections
Description
12 cm. A long-tailed green-and-yellow, rather chunky tyrannulet of the highlands. Bill short and thick, with a pink base to the mandible. Crown olive-green. Typically the cheeks are surrounded by an olive-green eyestripe and a stripe starting from the bill down below the cheeks and meeting the eyestripe behind the cheeks. Green above. Wings blackish-brown with two strong yellow-white wingbars. Below bright yellow. Tail blackish-brown frequently carried angled slightly upwards.<N Clay et al. ^75 point out that this species is most likely confused with /Phylloscartes ventralis , however the stocky jizz, larger size and the slightly upward angled tail see color sketch are prominent features of this species. If seen close the yellow fringing of the tertials is different in the two species and this is a very good criterion. Virescens has broader fringing to the outer webs with less fringing on the feather tips. In ventralis the tips of the tertials have yellow dots and the fringing on the outer webs is rather narrow and dull ^75 .
Voice
A rapid series of snickering "tick" sounds rising in pitch and then descending, about 1-5 sec. long. Also a deeper "prrr" or "piurrr" track 5 . The distinct song often delivered as a dawn song is a fast "di-dididididididididi", always descending in pitch in contrast to the song of /Phylloscartes ventralis check cut 1 .
Behavior
Foraging mostly in low bushes up to 4 meters. Forages by hover-gleaning and does some sallying. Frequently in mixed bird parties.
Breeding
A nest found at Fazenda Intervales Barra Grande, 800 meters, Nov. 9, 1995 was suspended over the side of a road embankment, attached to a fern-frond and had a side entrance, it contained 1 pull. The nest of /Phyllomyias sclateri was described as an open cup ^110 .
Habitat and status
In open primary or secondary forest and forest edge with dense high undergrowth and high altitude scrub. Most common in more open areas with extensive low tree growth and bushes. I have never seen it in the canopy of humid forest ^44 .
Distribution
Probably throughout at higher altitudes Serra Mantiqueira, Campos do Jord<C4>o, Fazenda Intervales, Nucleo Sta. Virginia , probably not below 800 meters and up to 2000 meters in the Serra Mantiqueira.
Structure status: heuristic; decoded_account_text and segment JSON remain authoritative
Release-specific historical evidence — the three releases remain separate; none is canonical
Release history
This work was published as three separate releases: the Disc 3 release first, the Disc 2 release later, and the Disc 1 release in 2011. Differences between them are historical release differences and are never merged.
Disc 3in this release's bird list(aux_nonzero;local_checklist_byte45_flag_1)
Disc 2in this release's bird list(aux_nonzero;local_checklist_byte45_flag_1)
Disc 1 (2011)in this release's bird list(aux_nonzero;local_checklist_byte45_flag_1)
The account in the Disc 1 (2011) revision
In the 2011 Disc 1 revision, part of this account was truncated at exactly 512 bytes (a 2011 mastering defect). The earlier releases preserve the complete text.
Truncated sections in the 2011 revision: description. The complete earlier text is shown beneath each truncated section.
Description Disc 1 (2011)
12 cm. A long-tailed green-and-yellow, rather chunky tyrannulet of the highlands. Bill short and thick, with a pink base to the mandible. Crown olive-green. Typically the cheeks are surrounded by an olive-green eyestripe and a stripe starting from the bill down below the cheeks and meeting the eyestripe behind the cheeks. Green above. Wings blackish-brown with two strong yellow-white wingbars. Below bright yellow. Tail blackish-brown frequently carried angled slightly upwards.<n Clay et al. ^75 point out g
Disc 1 (2011) text ends here — truncated at exactly 512 bytes in the 2011 mastering (historical defect, kept as recovered).
Complete earlier text — Disc 3 release (earliest) (533 bytes lost in 2011)
12 cm. A long-tailed green-and-yellow, rather chunky tyrannulet of the highlands. Bill short and thick, with a pink base to the mandible. Crown olive-green. Typically the cheeks are surrounded by an olive-green eyestripe and a stripe starting from the bill down below the cheeks and meeting the eyestripe behind the cheeks. Green above. Wings blackish-brown with two strong yellow-white wingbars. Below bright yellow. Tail blackish-brown frequently carried angled slightly upwards.<n Clay et al. ^75 point out that this species is most likely confused with /Phylloscartes ventralis , however the stocky jizz, larger size and the slightly upward angled tail see color sketch are prominent features of this species. If seen close the yellow fringing of the tertials is different in the two species and this is a very good criterion. Virescens has broader fringing to the outer webs with less fringing on the feather tips. In ventralis the tips of the tertials have yellow dots and the fringing on the outer webs is rather narrow and dull ^75 .
Shown for comparison from the Disc 3 release (earliest); it does not repair or replace the Disc 1 (2011) historical text above.
Voice Disc 1 (2011)
A rapid series of snickering "tick" sounds rising in pitch and then descending, about 1-5 sec. long. Also a deeper "prrr" or "piurrr" track 5 . The distinct song often delivered as a dawn song is a fast "di-dididididididididi", always descending in pitch in contrast to the song of /Phylloscartes ventralis check cut 1 .
Behavior Disc 1 (2011)
Foraging mostly in low bushes up to 4 meters. Forages by hover-gleaning and does some sallying. Frequently in mixed bird parties.
Breeding Disc 1 (2011)
A nest found at Fazenda Intervales Barra Grande, 800 meters, Nov. 9, 1995 was suspended over the side of a road embankment, attached to a fern-frond and had a side entrance, it contained 1 pull. The nest of /Phyllomyias sclateri was described as an open cup ^110 .
Habitat and status Disc 1 (2011)
In open primary or secondary forest and forest edge with dense high undergrowth and high altitude scrub. Most common in more open areas with extensive low tree growth and bushes. I have never seen it in the canopy of humid forest ^44 .
Distribution Disc 1 (2011)
Probably throughout at higher altitudes Serra Mantiqueira, Campos do Jord<C4>o, Fazenda Intervales, Nucleo Sta. Virginia , probably not below 800 meters and up to 2000 meters in the Serra Mantiqueira.
Disc 1 (2011) media entries not in the accepted layer above
4433 Disc 1 (2011)
4433 . Campos do Jord<C4>o, October 1994. Photos Dr. F. Mueller:
No corresponding file survives on any preserved disc. The historical entry above is retained as metadata.
Historical taxonomy
WORLD
phyllomyias virescens
Greenish Tyrannulet
Tyrannidae,Elaeninae
Tyrannulets
CLEMENTS
phyllomyias virescens
Greenish Tyrannulet
Tyrannidae,Elaeninae
Tyrannulets
AOU_HM
phyllomyias virescens
Greenish Tyrannulet
Tyrannidae,Elaeninae
Tyrannulets
Recordings
10246.mp3
10246 Calls, song. Campos do Jord<C4>o. 10<10>31<10>94. Sunny, 18<91>C. Open forest.
6116 Calls. Cornell Cat s32204, 32207. Itatiaia National Park, Rio de Janeiro, 11<10>27<10>82. With /Cyclarhis gujanensis, Basileuterus culicivorus Recording by T. A. Parker, III.
