Gray-eyed Greenlet

The grey-eyed greenlet is 12.5 to 13 cm (4.9 to 5.1 in) long. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a chestnut-brown forehead and crown and a pale grayish supercilium, and they are mottled gray-white around the eye and on the ear coverts. Their nape and upper back are dull gray-brown, and their lower back, shoulders, and rump are green-tinged gray-brown. Their wings are gray-brown with thin greenish edges on the outer webs of the primaries and secondaries. Their tail is gray-green with brighter edges on the feathers' outer webs. Their chin is dull whitish, their throat is dull grayish, their flanks are yellowish, and the rest of their underparts are brownish gray. They have a light gray to medium gray iris, a gray maxilla, a gray-brown mandible, and dark gray legs and feet.

The grey-eyed greenlet is found in northeastern Brazil from Piauí and Ceará south to São Paulo state. In addition, there are records in northern Bolivia's Beni Department but the South American Classification Committee treats the species as unconfirmed in that country. It inhabits caatinga, scrublands, brushy pastures, woodlands, and the edges of forest. In elevation it ranges from near sea level to 1,800 m (5,900 ft).

The grey-eyed greenlet feeds on arthropods and includes many fruits its diet. It forages fairly low in the forest, usually between about 1 and 10 m (5 and 35 ft) above the ground. It typically forages in pairs or family groups and regularly joins mixed-species feeding flocks.