Hylophilus

For the beetle genus Hylophilus Berthold, 1827, see Aderus.

Hylophilus is a genus of bird in the family Vireonidae.

Hylophilus
Ashy-headed greenlet (Hylophilus pectoralis)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Vireonidae
Genus:	Hylophilus Temminck, 1822[1]
Type species
Hylophilus thoracicus[2] Temminck, 1822

Species

Established by Coenraad Jacob Temminck in 1822, it contains the following species as of 2014^[update]:^[3]

Image	Common Name	Scientific name	Distribution
	Grey-eyed greenlet	Hylophilus amaurocephalus	Bolivia and Brazil.
	Rufous-crowned greenlet	Hylophilus poicilotis	Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay
	Olivaceous greenlet	Hylophilus olivaceus	Ecuador and Peru.
	Ashy-headed greenlet	Hylophilus pectoralis	Bolivia, Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.
	Brown-headed greenlet	Hylophilus brunneiceps	Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela.
	Lemon-chested greenlet	Hylophilus thoracicus	Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.
	Scrub greenlet	Hylophilus flavipes	Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela and Tobago.
	Grey-chested greenlet	Hylophilus semicinereus	Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Peru, and Venezuela.

The name Hylophilus is composed of the Greek words for "forest" or "woodland" (hulē) and "-loving" (philos, from phileō, meaning "to love").^[4]