Olivaceous Greenlet

The olivaceeous greenlet is 12 cm (4.7 in) long and weighs 11 to 13 g (0.39 to 0.46 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a yellowish olive forehead. The rest of the top of their head and their upperparts, wings, and tail are dull olive-green. Their underparts are yellowish olive that is slightly lighter on the chin and a slightly brighter yellow on the belly. They have a whitish iris, a dull pink or brownish pink bill, and brownish pink legs and feet.

The olivaceous greenlet has a disjunct distribution on the eastern slope of the Andes. It is found in Ecuador from Napo Province south almost to the Peruvian border. In Peru it is found in southern Amazonas and northern San Martín departments and separately from southern Huánuco to northern Junín departments. The species inhabits the edges and shrubby clearings of forest and mature secondary forest. In elevation it ranges between 600 and 1,450 m (2,000 and 4,800 ft) in Ecuador and between 1,000 and 1,700 m (3,300 and 5,600 ft) though locally down to 750 m (2,500 ft) in Peru.

The olivaceous greenlet's diet is not known. It typically forages singly or in pairs and only occasionally joins mixed-species feeding flocks.