---
title: "Lesser Greenlet"
description: "Pachysylvia decurtata — Birds. The lesser greenlet (Pachysylvia decurtata) is a small passerine bird in the family Vireonidae, the vireos, greenlets, and shrike-babblers."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/lesser-greenlet
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Lesser Greenlet

> Pachysylvia decurtata — Birds. The lesser greenlet (Pachysylvia decurtata) is a small passerine bird in the family Vireonidae, the vireos, greenlets, and shrike-babblers.

- Scientific name: *Pachysylvia decurtata*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest)
- iNaturalist observations: 1453
- Wikidata: [Q28846216](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28846216)
- iNaturalist taxon: [515240](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/515240)

## Names

- en: Lesser Greenlet
- de: Graukappenvireo
- es: Vireocillo Cabeza Gris
- fr: Viréon menu

## Countries with the most observations

CR (376), MX (307), PA (127), BZ (58), HN (55), NI (40), GT (32), EC (23), SV (12), CO (4)

## Summary

The lesser greenlet (Pachysylvia decurtata) is a small passerine bird in the family Vireonidae, the vireos, greenlets, and shrike-babblers. It is found in Mexico, every Central American country, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesser_greenlet

## Photo

![Lesser Greenlet](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/lesser-greenlet/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dario Taraborelli · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/103610510

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/lesser-greenlet?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).