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Vireonidae

42 species · Animals

Animalia › Chordata › Aves › Passeriformes › Vireonidae

Vireo griseus (Boddaert, 1783)

Vireo griseus is a small songbird with distinct plumage markings that lives in bushy areas across eastern North America and the Caribbean.

Vireo atricapilla Woodhouse, 1852

Vireo atricapilla, the black-capped vireo, is a small songbird with a current range spanning parts of the southern US and Mexico.

Vireo olivaceus chivi (Vieillot, 1817)

Vireo olivaceus chivi is a subspecies of red-eyed vireo, a small North and South American migratory songbird.

Vireo olivaceus (Linnaeus, 1766)

Vireo olivaceus, the red-eyed vireo, is a small migratory or resident songbird found across the Americas.

Vireo crassirostris (H.Bryant, 1859)

Vireo crassirostris (thick-billed vireo) is a small passerine with several subspecies found across the Caribbean and recorded in Florida.

Vireolanius melitophrys Bonaparte, 1850

The chestnut-sided shrike-vireo (Vireolanius melitophrys) is the likely largest Vireonidae, a bird of Mexican and Guatemalan montane pine-oak forests.

Vireolanius pulchellus P.L.Sclater & Salvin, 1859

Vireolanius pulchellus (green shrike-vireo) is a bulky vireo with four subspecies found across Neotropical forests.

Cyclarhis nigrirostris Lafresnaye, 1842

Cyclarhis nigrirostris, the black-billed peppershrike, is an olive-colored bird found in the Andes of Colombia and Ecuador.

Cyclarhis gujanensis (Gmelin, 1789)

This is a detailed description of the appearance, variation, song, feeding and breeding behaviour of the rufous-browed peppershrike.

Hylophilus thoracicus Temminck, 1822

The lemon-chested greenlet is a small South American bird with three distinct subspecies that live in varied wooded habitats.

Hylophilus poicilotis Temminck, 1822

Hylophilus poicilotis, the rufous-crowned greenlet, is a small passerine found in parts of eastern South America.

Hylophilus flavipes Lafresnaye, 1845

The scrub greenlet Hylophilus flavipes is a small passerine bird with multiple described subspecies across Central and northern South America.

Hylophilus amaurocephalus (Nordmann, 1835)

The grey-eyed greenlet is a small passerine bird found primarily in eastern Brazil, with an unconfirmed record in northern Bolivia.

Erpornis zantholeuca Blyth, 1844

Erpornis zantholeuca is a vireo-like crested bird that pries bark to seek insects.

Hylophilus ochraceiceps P.L.Sclater, 1860

This is a small passerine bird with defined plumage differences across subspecies, resident from southern Mexico to northern Ecuador.

Hylophilus decurtatus (Bonaparte, 1838)

The lesser greenlet Hylophilus decurtatus is a small bird with multiple subspecies distributed across Central and northwestern South America.

Hylophilus aurantiifrons Lawrence, 1861

Hylophilus aurantiifrons, the golden-fronted greenlet, is a small passerine bird with three subspecies ranging across Central and northern South America.

Hylophilus semibrunneus Lafresnaye, 1845

The rufous-naped greenlet is a small bird with a disjunct range in northwestern South America, found in forests and shade coffee plantations.

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