Birds of Panama

    PASSERIFORMES: Vireonidae (Vireos, Greenlets, Shrike-babblers)  
Genus: Vireo (8 species, 34 worldwide)

Genus Vireo, Vireos, are small 'New World' songbirds around 11-13 cm., similar to Warblers but with a sturdier bill and a more musical song. Some species migrate south. Vireos are in the family Vireonidae, which includes Greenlets.


Black-whiskered Vireo
Black-whiskered Vireo (Vireo altiloquus barbatulus)
Lucaya, Bahamas
  Similar to Red-eyed Vireo, but black malar stripe distinctive.
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Compare to Red-eyed Vireo but note malar stripe. Moves north in the summer from northern South America to Florida and the Caribbean, along with the Grey Kingbird and Swallow-tailed Kite.

Yellow-winged Vireo
Yellow-winged Vireo (Vireo carmioli)
Guadalupe, Panama  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Yellow-throated Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo (Vireo flavifrons)
OtĂșn Quimbaya Wildlife Sanctuary, Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Northern migrant.

Yellow-green Vireo
Yellow-green Vireo (Vireo flavoviridis flavoviridis)
Mastatal, Puriscal, Costa Rica  
   
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez   © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.

Similar to Red-eyed Vireo, but, among other differences, the eye brow is less white and less pronounced. This species migrates from Mexico and Central America to South America.

White-eyed Vireo
White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus maynardi)
Birch State Park, Florida, United States  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Northern migrant to Mexico and Cuba. Southern races are less yellow.

Brown-capped Vireo
Brown-capped Vireo (Vireo leucophrys mirandae)
Santa Marta Sierra Nevada, Magdalena, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Red-eyed Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus)
San Jeronimo, Antioquia, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Northern migrant. Arrives early, and migrates to Central America and the top half of South America. Note red eye. Compare to non-migratory Chivi Vireo, once considered the same species.

Philadelphia Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus)
Ohio, United States  
   
Photograph by Melanie C. Underwood     Copyright and usage info



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