Golden-fronted Greenlet

SCI Name:  Pachysylvia aurantiifrons
Protonym:  Hylophilus aurantiifrons Ann.Lyc.Nat.Hist.N.Y. 7 p.324
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Vireonidae / Pachysylvia
Taxonomy Code:  gofgre1
Type Locality:  Panama Railroad.
Author:  Lawrence
Publish Year:  1861
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

PACHYSYLVIA
(Vireonidae; Ϯ Lesser Greenlet P. decurtata) Gr. παχυς pakhus large, stout; genus Sylvia Scopoli, 1769, warbler; "Pachysylvia, Bp. (Mniotilta, p. Gr.)  Media quasi inter Sylvicolas et Vireones: corpus concretum, decurtatum: alae amplae, breves; remigum prima brevissima! secunda aequali duodecimae; tertia, quarta, quinta et sexta omnium longissimis: cauda parva, angusta, truncata.  SYLVICOLA decurtata, Bp. (Mniotilta decurtata, Gr.) Proc. Zool. Soc. 1837. p. 118. sp. 31. ex Mexico" (Bonaparte 1850).
Var. Pachysilvia.

aurantiifrons
Late Med. L. aurantius  orange-coloured  < aurantia  orange; L. frons, frontis  forehead, brow.

SUBSPECIES

Golden-fronted Greenlet (aurantiifrons)
SCI Name: Pachysylvia aurantiifrons aurantiifrons
aurantiifrons
Late Med. L. aurantius  orange-coloured  < aurantia  orange; L. frons, frontis  forehead, brow.

Golden-fronted Greenlet (helvina)
SCI Name: Pachysylvia aurantiifrons helvina
helvina / helvinus
L. helvinus  pale yellow, buff  < helvus  pale yellow.

Golden-fronted Greenlet (saturata)
SCI Name: Pachysylvia aurantiifrons saturata
saturata
L. saturatus  richly coloured, darker coloured  < satur, satura  rich, copious  < satis  enough.