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{{Short description|Species of bird}}
{{Speciesbox
| name = Lesser greenlet
| image = Lesser_Greenlet_(Hylophilus_decurtatus)_(7222933432).jpg
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 12 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2018 |title=''Pachysylvia decurtata'' |volume=2018 |page=e.T22705321A130389921 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22705321A130389921.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref>
| genus = Pachysylvia
| species = decurtata
| authority = ([[Charles Lucien Bonaparte|Bonaparte]], 1838)
| synonyms = ''Hylophilus decurtatus''
| range_map = Pachysylvia decurtata map.svg
}}

The '''lesser greenlet''' ('''''Pachysylvia decurtata''''') is a small [[passerine]] [[bird]] in the [[vireo]] family. It breeds from northeastern [[Mexico]] south to western [[Ecuador]].

This is a common species of lowlands and foothills up to {{convert|1200|m|ft|abbr=on}} altitude, where it inhabits forest canopy and edges, and the crowns of trees in tall second growth or semi-open areas. The nest is a deep cup of dead leaves and spiderwebs attached by the rim to branches {{convert|10|–|15|m|ft|abbr=on}} high in a tree. The normal clutch is two brown-marked white eggs.

The adult lesser greenlet is {{convert|10|cm|in|abbr=on}} in length and weighs {{convert|9|g|oz|abbr=on}}. It has olive-green upperparts and a pale grey head with a white eye ring. The underparts are white with a yellow tinge to the breast and some olive on the flanks. Young birds are duller and brown above, and have a buff tone to the sides of the head and the breast.

There are two races. Nominate ''H. d. decurtatus'' which breeds from central [[Panama]] southwards has a green crown to the head, and grey-crowned ''H. d. minor'' occupies the northern part of the bird's range. The latter subspecies was formerly given species status as the Grey-crowned Greenlet (''H. minor'') but the two forms interbreed extensively in central Panama and are now considered to be conspecific.

Lesser greenlets feed on [[spider]]s and [[insect]]s [[Gleaning (birds)|gleaned]] from tree foliage, They also eat small fruits and seeds. They will join [[mixed-species feeding flock]]s, and often accompany [[gnatcatcher]]s, [[New World warbler|warblers]] and [[honeycreeper]]s.

The lesser greenlet has a nasal ''{{not a typo|neeah-neeah-neeah-neeah}}'' call and the song is a whistled ''{{not a typo|chi chi cher cher cher cher chiri cher which cheri}}'', slower and more melodious than that of the [[yellow-green vireo]].

==References==
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==Further reading==
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*{{ cite book | last=Skutch | first=Alexander F. | author-link=Alexander Skutch | date=1960 | chapter=Gray-headed greenlet | title=Life Histories of Central American Birds II | series=Pacific Coast Avifauna, Number 34 | location=Berkeley, California | publisher=Cooper Ornithological Society | chapter-url=https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/pca/pca_034.pdf#page=30 | pages=29–34 | ref=none }}
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==External links==
{{commons category|Hylophilus decurtatus}}
{{Wikispecies|Hylophilus decurtatus}}
* {{InternetBirdCollection|lesser-greenlet-hylophilus-decurtatus|Lesser Greenlet}}
* {{VIREO|Lesser+Greenlet|Lesser Greenlet}}
* {{NeotropicalBirds|lesgre1|Lesser Greenlet}}
* {{IUCN_Map|22705321|Hylophilus decurtatus}}

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[[Category:Pachysylvia|lesser greenlet]]
[[Category:Birds of Central America]]
[[Category:Birds of Tumbes-Chocó-Magdalena]]
[[Category:Birds described in 1838|lesser greenlet]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Charles Lucien Bonaparte|lesser greenlet]]

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