[2] Scrub greenlets inhabit forest edges, savanna, and light woodland areas of lower sea level.

[2] The adult scrub greenlet is 11.5 cm long and weighs 13 g. It is mainly green on the upperparts, with brighter wings and rump, and an olive-brown head with very weak supercilium and yellowish eyering.

[2] Scrub greenlets feed on insects and spiders taken from the upper and middle levels of tree foliage.

Mixed species flocks tend to be larger in the tropics compared to temperate rainforests, but remains a phenomenon that has puzzled researchers for a long time.

[2] H. flavipes viridiflavus has been sighted in Southwestern Costa Rica, Panama, and on the Pacific coast, east to the lower Bayano River.