Brazilian name: vite-vite

The Lemon-chested Greenlet is distributed in north-west South America with a disjunct population in south-east Brazil from southern Bahia to Rio de Janeiro. See the distribution map at xeno-canto. Some authorities such as HBW and Birdlife International checklist have split the south-eastern form from Lemon-chested Greenlet, calling it the Rio de Janeiro Greenlet, on the basis of several morphological and vocal differences. See the distribution map at Birdlife International. .

The two striking features of this bird are its white to pale yellow iris and the broad yellow-olive band across its chest. It is bright olive above with a grey nape and chin. The bill and the legs in the Rio de Janeiro race are grey unlike the Lemon-bellied Greenlet in the north-west where they are pinkish-grey.