Birds Guide

Vireos
Bell's Vireo
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia   Phylum: Chordata   Class: Aves   Order: Passeriformes   Family: Vireonidae Swainson, 1837
Genera
Vireo Hylophilus Vireolanius Cyclarhis

The vireos are a group of small to medium sized passerine birds restricted to the New World. They are typically greenish in colour and resemble wood warblers apart from their heavier bills.

The four genera of these insectivorous birds make up the family Vireonidae, and are believed to be related to the New World warblers in the family Parulidae.

The four genera can be conveniently categorised as the true vireos, the greenlets, the shrike-vireos and the peppershrikes.

Species

• Genus Vireo, the true vireos
  • Slaty Vireo, Vireo brevipennis
    White-eyed Vireo, Vireo griseus
    Thick-billed Vireo, Vireo crassirostris
    Mangrove Vireo, Vireo pallens
    Cozumel Vireo, Vireo bairdi
    St. Andrew Vireo, Vireo caribaeus
    Jamaican Vireo, Vireo modestus
    Cuban Vireo, Vireo gundlachii
    Puerto Rican Vireo, Vireo latimeri
    Flat-billed Vireo, Vireo nanus
    Bell's Vireo, Vireo bellii
    Black-capped Vireo, Vireo atricapillus
    Dwarf Vireo, Vireo nelsoni
    Gray Vireo, Vireo vicinior
    Blue Mountain Vireo, Vireo osburni
    Yellow-throated Vireo, Vireo flavifrons
    Plumbeous Vireo, Vireo plumbeus
    Cassin's Vireo, Vireo cassinii
    Blue-headed Vireo, Vireo solitarius
    Yellow-winged Vireo, Vireo carmioli
    Hutton's Vireo, Vireo huttoni
    Warbling Vireo, Vireo gilvus
    Brown-capped Vireo, Vireo leucophrys
    Philadelphia Vireo, Vireo philadelphicus
    Red-eyed Vireo, Vireo olivaceus
    Choco Vireo, Vireo masteri
    Golden Vireo, Vireo hypochryseus
    Yellow-green Vireo, Vireo flavoviridis
    Noronha Vireo, Vireo gracilirostris
    Black-whiskered Vireo, Vireo altiloquus
    Yucatan Vireo, Vireo magister
• Genus Hylophilus, the greenlets
  • Rufous-crowned Greenlet, Hylophilus poicilotis
    Gray-eyed Greenlet, Hylophilus amaurocephalus
    Lemon-chested Greenlet, Hylophilus thoracicus
    Gray-chested Greenlet, Hylophilus semicinereus
    Ashy-headed Greenlet, Hylophilus pectoralis
    Tepui Greenlet, Hylophilus sclateri
    Buff-cheeked Greenlet, Hylophilus muscicapinus
    Brown-headed Greenlet, Hylophilus brunneiceps
    Dusky-capped Greenlet, Hylophilus hypoxanthus
    Rufous-naped Greenlet, Hylophilus semibrunneus
    Olivaceous Greenlet, Hylophilus olivaceus
    Scrub Greenlet, Hylophilus flavipes
    Tawny-crowned Greenlet, Hylophilus ochraceiceps
    Golden-fronted Greenlet, Hylophilus aurantiifrons
    Lesser Greenlet, Hylophilus decurtatus
• Genus Vireolanius, the shrike-vireos
  • Chestnut-sided Shrike-vireo, Vireolanius melitophrys
    Green Shrike-vireo, Vireolanius pulchellus
    Yellow-browed Shrike-vireo, Vireolanius eximius
    Slaty-capped Shrike-vireo, Vireolanius leucotis
• Genus Cyclarhis, the peppershrikes
  • Rufous-browed Peppershrike, Cyclarhis gujanensis
    Black-billed Peppershrike Cyclarhis nigrirostris

External links

• Vireo videos on the Internet Bird Collection