Slaty Vireo

Vireo brevipennis

Handsome but often elusive small vireo of brushy woodlands, tangled thickets, and forest edges in highlands and foothills; endemic to southwestern Mexico. Tends to stay hidden, usually rather low within vegetation, and does not join mixed-species flocks. Moves sluggishly, holding its tail cocked and making short sallies for fruit and insects. Note piercing white eyes, lime-green cap, and yellow-edged wings and tail offset by slaty blue-gray face and body.

Taxonomy

Scientific name
Vireo brevipennis
Authority
(Sclater, PL, 1858)
Order
Passeriformes
Family
Vireonidae
Genus
Vireo

Range and habitat

Migration
Resident species

Conservation

Population trend
declining

Photos

Distribution

Bird Calls

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